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EastEnders have revealed Sam Mitchell’s fate as they informed fans that the character will be seen being diagnosed with cancer upon her return.

Introduced in 1990, months after her onscreen brothers Steve McFadden and Ross Kemp joined, Sam was initially portrayed by Danniella Westbrook and quickly became a fan favourite character.

Often battling with her brothers for attention from their mum, Barbara Windsor’s Peggy Mitchell, Sam originally left Albert Square in 1993. Danniella would reappear from 1995 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2000 as the character.

Kim Medcalf was later recast in the part of Sam, who was part of the show between 2002 and 2005. Sam’s original actress was reintroduced for a brief stint in 2009, before reprising the role in 2016 for Peggy’s funeral. How

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