Bedside vigil for star Thora

Mar 13 2003 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

DAME Thora Hird was "comfortable and conscious" today after suffering a stroke.

The veteran actress has been visited by friends and relatives at the south-west London retirement home where she is staying.

She was taken ill at the weekend and doctors are still assessing the long-term effects of the stroke.

Last Of The Summer Wine star Dame Thora, 91, is one of Britain's best loved actresses and regarded as a "national treasure".

A spokesman said: "She is conscious and there are glimmers of her old self, but it is very difficult to make any judgements at this stage."

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Dame Thora stroke shock Mar 11 2003 DAME Thora Hird, one of Britain's best-loved actresses, has suffered a stroke, it was announced today. more