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Season 6 of 'Peaky Blinders' Opens With a Heartbreaking Death

In the final season of 'Peaky Blinders,' Tommy Shelby and the lovers be told that Aunt Polly is dead. So, how did she die? Here's what we all know.

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Spoiler alert: This article contains primary spoilers for Season 6 of Peaky Blinders.

Following the unexpected and tragic death of Helen McCrory in April 2021, fanatics of the critically acclaimed BBC length crime drama Peaky Blinders have been curious how the series would move on without its liked Aunt Polly.

Unfortunately, her character used to be killed off.

Although there have been plenty of deaths in Season 6 of Peaky Blinders, none of them harm up to Aunt Polly's.

With that said, how did Polly die? Keep studying to determine.

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How did Polly die in 'Peaky Blinders'?

Sadly, the sixth and ultimate season starts with the unexpected death of the family matriarch, Polly Gray.

The Season 6 premiere reveals that Aunt Polly used to be killed off-screen via the Irish Republican Army right through the tried assassination of Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin) in the Season Five finale.

Within the primary five mins, Tommy (Cillian Murphy) receives a phone name from IRA agent Laura "Captain Swing" McKee (Charlene McKenna), who informs the crime boss that the IRA were those who disrupted his planned attack and killed two of his friends — Barney Thompson (Cosmo Jarvis) and Polly's fiancé, Aberama Gold (Aidan Gillen).

She tells Tommy that, for some reason, Mosley needs to stay alive earlier than striking up.

Then, a truck pulls up to Tommy's home and delivers 3 our bodies wrapped in burial cloths; after unveiling Barney and Aberama, Tommy eliminates the sheet from the third frame and starts to sob. The scene swiftly cuts to Polly's funeral, the place her son Michael (Finn Cole) swears vengeance on Tommy for the position he performed in Polly's death.

Although the collection wastes no time revealing Polly's death, she stays a important part of Peaky Blinders. Throughout everything of Season 6, Michael and Tommy continuously communicate to her in flashbacks.

In April 2021, Helen McCrory died of breast cancer.

On April 16, 2021, Helen McCrory died of breast cancer. Her husband, Damian Lewis, announced her passing via Twitter.

"I'm heartbroken to announce that after a heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family," he wrote.

"She died as she lived. Fearlessly. God, we love her and know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She blazed so brightly," the 51-year-old former Billions actor concluded. "Go now, Little One, into the air, and thank you."

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According to The Guardian, very few folks knew about Helen's analysis. Her good friend, theater director Carrie Cracknell, confessed in a radio tribute that the late actress "swore friends to secrecy" as she underwent remedy.

(*6*) Carrie said on the BBC’s Today program.

"Her need to be fully alive and be committed and to take things incredibly seriously, such as her family and charity work, defined her last few years for her as much as ever," Carrie continued, adding that Helen confronted her most cancers "with a level of bravery and humor that was completely extraordinary. It was a very remarkable thing."

All six seasons of Peaky Blinders are actually streaming on Netflix.

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Update: 2024-05-27