Overview
- June Marlow, born Jean Dike, died on February 22 at her home overlooking Sutton Harbour in Plymouth with family at her side.
- Her death was announced by relatives via a post on The Van Dike Club Facebook page associated with her late husband.
- She spent her final weeks at home with support from St Luke's Hospice Plymouth as her daughter, Kate Van Dike, moved in to provide round-the-clock care.
- Relatives praised hospice staff and remembered her dignity, elegance and warmth, recalling that she kept her characteristic 'beautiful smile' to the end.
- Marlow’s decades-long screen career included BBC productions such as The Pickwick Papers, Jamaica Inn and MI High, as well as multiple appearances in ITV’s Doc Martin, with her final TV role at age 87.