Kim Woodburn dead: How Clean is Your House & Celebrity Big Brother star dies aged 83 after short illness
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KIM Woodburn has died aged 83 after a short illness.
The TV personality, who rose to fame in Channel 4's hit series How Clean is Your House, passed away yesterday.
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Kim Woodburn has sadly died aged 83
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Tributes have flooded in for the Queen of Clean
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Kim was evicted in third place during the Big Brother 2017 final
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She rose to fame with Aggie MacKenzie on Channel 4's hit series How Clean is Your House
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Kim branded herself 'the original cleaning queen'
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A representative for Kim said: "It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved Kim Woodburn passed away yesterday following a short illness.
"Kim was an incredibly kind, caring, charismatic and strong person.
"Her husband Peter is heartbroken at the loss of his soulmate.
"We are so proud of the amazing things Kim achieved in her life and career.
"We kindly ask that Kim's husband and close friends are given the time and privacy they need to grieve.
"We will not be releasing any further details."
Kim went on to star in a number of shows including I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2009 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.
She also regularly appeared on ITV's Loose Women and This Morning.
Tributes have today flooded in for the reality TV star.
Her death comes weeks after cancelling work commitments due to health concerns.
Kim had been offering personal video greetings to her loyal followers for £25 a pop after also selling clips on the Cameo platform.
But earlier this month she told her social media followers: "No more videos for now, my loves, I need to get better!"
A post on her Instagram account read: "We regret to tell you that Kim is unable to record any further videos for the foreseeable future, due to a health problem.
"Kim sends her love to you all."
She also recently went under the knife for surgery on her eye.
Back in 2011, Kim came clean about her blindness after noticing she was starting to squint in her late teens.
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Kim was an iconic figure on TV
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The former clothing catalogue model previously said: "If you watch me carefully you will see I never stare at people and I blink a lot.
"If I do have to see something across the room I swivel my entire body around and look from my good eye."
She added: "I was born with little or no sight in my right eye and not great sight in my left eye."
Born in March 1942, Kim moved out of her home at the age of 16.
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Kim is survived by her husaband Peter Woodburn
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Following a screen test, Kim was paired with Aggie
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Kim arriving at An Audience With Donny And Marie Osmond in London in 2009
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Kim recently branded under-fire Gino D'Acampo a 'pig'
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Kim exiting the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2017
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Kim's last picture was taken just weeks before her death at The Vivienne's funeral
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In 2017 she revealed how she had been sexually abused by her dad from a young age.
She subsequently moved to Liverpool where she became a live-in cleaner.
In 2002, while working in similar role in Kent, Channel 4 reached out to a cleaning company seeking a cleaner with a "funny temperament" and she was recommended.
Following a screen test, she was paired with Aggie MacKenzie and filming for the now iconic show began just weeks later.
The pair fronted the show for six series up until August 2009.
In November later the same year, Kim was announced as one of the contestants for ITV's I'm A Celebrity.
She finished as runner-up on the show to TV chef Gino D'Acampo.
The following year, Kim appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity Come Dine With Me with Claire Sweeney, Darren Day and Tom O'Connor.
She then appeared as a regular on Big Brother's spin-off series from 2011.
But in 2017, Kim entered Big Brother as a housemate for a special Celebrity series - finishing in third spot.
In recent years, she has become known for being outspoken about a number of other TV personalities.
As recently as February, she branded celebrity chef D'Acampo a "full of himself little pig".
She also last year slammed Louis Walsh as a "nasty, two-faced" music mogul during his own time on Big Brother.
Kim blasted ITV and BBC bosses, too, for recruiting reality stars as presenters.
Kim is survived by her husband Peter Woodburn.
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Tributes are flooding in
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The pair fronted the show for six series up until August 2009
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Kim and I'm A Celeb campmate D'Acampo in 2009
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She also recently went under the knife for surgery on her eye
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She was recommended after Channel 4 reached out to a cleaning company seeking a cleaner
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