Keeping Up Appearances stars now from early deaths and divorce to EastEnders fame

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It's been nearly 34 years since Hyacinth Bucket - sorry, Bouquet - first picked up her "white slimline telephone with automatic redial", telling the caller, "The Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking". But to this day, Keeping Up Appearances, which ran from 1990 to 1995, remains utterly, timelessly hilarious - with many viewers knowing all too well what it's like to have a Hyacinth in their life. The BBC series follows Hyacinth (played by Dame Patricia Routledge ) - a woman from