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Charles Charlie Cotton is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Christopher Hancock. Charlie is a recurring character introduced in March 1986 as the estranged husband of Dot Cotton (June Brown). He appears in stints until producers made the decision to kill the character off-screen in 1991 to aid development of characters connected to him. June Brown who plays Dot was openly against the killing of Charlie.