June Muriel Brown OBE was an actress and novelist from England. She was well known for her appearance in the BBC serial series EastEnders as Dot Cotton.
In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and the British Soap Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
Who Is June Brown’s First Husband?
John Garley was June Brown’s first husband
John Garley was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, on October 31, 1926. Sara Crewe (1951), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), and The Black Arrow were among his films (1951). June Brown was his wife at the time
John Garley died at a hospital in Hammersmith, London, England, the UK on May 8, 1957, after deliberately ingesting gas – a suicide verdict was recorded.)
Sara Crewe (1951), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), and The Black Arrow were among the films and television series in which Garley appeared (1951).
June Brown was Garley’s wife. The couple married on February 24, 1950, and remained together until his death in Hammersmith, London, England, on May 8, 1957.
As per sources, he was depressed and committed himself by lighting a gas fire.
June thought she was to fault for forgetting to pay the gas meter.
“I came into the bedroom and there was Johnny, lying on the bed, the gas fire pushed up next to him,” she claimed in an interview with the sun.
In the late 1950s, suicide was still considered a criminal offense. I was able to resuscitate him, but he only lived three days in the hospital before passing away on May 8.”
