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Dorothy Colwell married Charlie Cotton in 1956, and became Dorothy Cotton Dorothy Cotton became Charlie Cotton's widow in 1991 She then went on to marry James Archibald Branning in 2002, and became Dorothy Branning. Now I have a simple question. Why is it, that her real name when she was born, was Dorothy Colwell, she _married_ Charlie Cotton and borrowed his name, to become "Dorothy Cotton", but then later went to marry again, and become Dorothy Branning, yet people _still_ refer to her as "Dot Cotton"? I mean _at least_ call her "Dot Branning". It's like Cheryl (from Girls Aloud). When Girls Aloud was first created in 2002, until 2006, she was unmarried, and was called Cheryl Tweedy. That's almost 4 whole years of her already being well known. Yet, she _then_ married Ashley Cole, and became Cheryl Cole. She then _divorced_ him in 2010, and then later married Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini and as a result became known as Cheryl Vernandez-Versini in 2014, until 2016. So, as with Dot, _why_ is it that people _still_ to this day, refer to Cheryl by the surname of a husband that she was only married to for _4 years_ which ended _11_ years ago, and began _4 years_ after she was already well known in the entertainment industry in the UK? This makes even less sense than calling Dot "Dot Cotton". At least she was _already_ Dot Cotton before EastEnders started. If Cheryl began her career as "Cheryl Cole", then that makes sense. But ... it started 4 years after her career mainly started, and lasted for 4 years, and ended 11 years ago. (Professionally, she's just "Cheryl" now, but her actual name, currently, is "Cheryl Ann Tweedy", as she's not married to anyone.... but why "Cheryl Cole"? She's not married to Ashley Cole. She has NO connection with him, other than being his ex-wife)

@@scmtuk3662 Some things just stick. A lot of people call her Dot Cotton still because she was that for so many years when the show was at its height of popularity and everyone knows who you mean when you say that, whether they watch the show or not. Same with Pat Butcher, even though she came into the show as a Wicks and died an Evans - people remember her most married to Frank Butcher, hence why the name sticks. I don't know about Cheryl though. I'm a bit young to remember whether people referred to her as Cheryl Tweedy. When I first took notice of her and Girls Aloud she was Cheryl Cole and it just stuck in my head, which is easier to remember than the multiple surnames she's had since. If someone said to me "Do you like Cheryl?" I'd ask "who?" as I wouldn't know who you were referring to entirely. It's just a thing people do with names, like how in the UK we refer to things by brand names, like a hoover for example, when really it should be a vacuum cleaner. It's strange, but it's just how things work sometimes.

@@DoctorVision I'm from the UK.... and the last part is even weirder when we turn brand names in to verbs like "hoovering".

He had a stroke in real life.

Script writers probably didn't want to put too much on him with the stroke and all. He showed enough determination to want to keep doing the job, they wouldn't want to push their luck and give him too much to handle