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i: ' ' I i ’ I NZPA-PA i Lonton David Scarboro. [who played the tearaway Mark Fowler i in the top-rated 8.8. C. soap opera, "East Enders was found dead on Wednesday at the foot of Beachy Head in East Sussex. The I 20-year-old , had been receiving treatn ent for depression. ; The police said there were no suspicious circumstances and they vjere not looking for anyone else. I The : actor , had rr ade sporadic appearance. l in the hit show as Pauline and Arthur Fowler’s runaway son. His body was dragged from the ’ sea by epast-
guards and taken to a hospital in Eastbourne. Tpe actor’s Ford Cortina! had been found earlier in Dukes Drive. Eastbourne. Mr Scarboro. from Redhouse Road, Taisfield. nehr Westerham. Surrey wa| reported missing on Tuesday. The cast and crew of "East Enders said to be shattered. The producer, Mike Gilpbon. said, "This is devastating news. ■’David was a young ac or of • considerable talenl and all of us on the ’EhstEnders’ team will remember him and the contribution he made to the programme with great affertion."
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