She kept going to the end. In the last presently running series she seemed to have difficulties with her lines as if she'd had a stroke or parkinsons or something which made me wince- my problem not yours. I'm amazed and heartened that they kept her going, like they kept Bill going before he died. The cast are quite an institution, still funny, and seem to be growing in numbers. By the way what ever happened to Edie's long suffering husband ?