Lynda Bellingham

Lynda Bellingham, OBE (born Meredith Lee Hughes; 31 May 194819 October 2014) was a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author. She played the role of the mother in the long-running series of "Oxo Family" British TV adverts between 1983 and 1999. 
Bellingham died on 19 October 2014 from colon cancer in a London hospital, aged 66.