Alwen Hughes, the wife of disgraced artist and entertainer Rolf Harris, has died.
Alwen stood by her husband after he was jailed a decade ago following his conviction for 12 indecent assaults on four underage girls between the 1960s and 1980s. At the time of his death, the couple had been married for 65 years. She attended every day of Harris' initial trial alongside daughter Bindi.The former TV star died also aged 93 at his home in Bray, Berkshire, in May last year.His death certificate said he died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age".
Such was his fame and high-regard, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 2005.Harris came to the UK in 1953 to study and built a life as one of the country's most prominent and popular entertainers.But he was exposed as a sex offender when he was convicted of indecent assault against four girls in 2014 amid Operation Yewtree, and was jailed for five years and nine months. The crimes happened between 1968 and 1986.Harris was also stripped of his CBE, OBE and MBE.
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