Who died in the first episode of EastEnders?
Reg Cox was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Johnnie Clayton in the opening episode. Reg lived alone at 23b Albert Square. On the morning of February 19, 1985 (the first episode of EastEnders), Naima Jeffery, who ran the shop on Bridge Street, became concerned about Reg after he had failed to make his daily milk purchase for the past three days and her husband, Saeed, mentioned this to Den Watts, publican of the pub next door. Reg on his way to hospital Enlarge Reg on his way to hospital Den and Arthur Fowler roused Ali Osman, who lived downstairs from Reg, to let them into the house and the three of them kicked in the door to Reg’s room when he failed to answer their knocking. Den spoke the opening lines of the first episode, “Stinks in here, dunnit?”, as they found Reg slumped unconscious in his armchair. Den ran to get Dr. Legg and called for an ambulance. In the second episode (21 February 1985), they would learn that Reg had been severely beaten an
