death_date death_place years_active birth_place imagesize birth_date article_title name death_cause
5 october 1997 kingston upon thames , london , england 1978-1997 glasgow , scotland 150px 22 february 1961 debbie linden
 debbie linden heroin overdose
debbie linden

debbie linden -lrb- february 22 , 1961 - october 5 , 1997 -rrb- was a british glamour model and actress best known for her role as old mr grace 's secretary in the sitcom `` are you being served ? ''
-lrb- 1981 -rrb- .
born in glasgow , she played roles in various other tv series , such as `` the professionals '' , `` just good friends '' , `` bergerac '' , and `` the bill '' ; she appeared in several feature films , among them `` home before midnight '' and `` the wildcats of st trinian 's '' .
linden was plagued with a drug problem for years .
on the night of october 5 , 1997 , she died of a heroin overdose at home at the age of 36 .
her boyfriend , russell ainsworth , was acquitted of manslaughter charges but sentenced to two-and-a-half years for supplying the drug .
