The TV personality, who rose to fame on Channel 4’s hit series How Clean is Your House, passed away yesterday.
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Kim Woodburn has sadly died aged 83
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Tributes have flooded in for the Queen of Clean
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The late TV personality was photographed with her husband Peter WoodburnCredit: fpnw.co.uk©2025
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Kim was evicted in third place during the Big Brother 2017 finalCredit: PA
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She rose to fame with Aggie MacKenzie on Channel 4’s hit series How Clean is Your HouseCredit: Handout
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Kim branded herself ‘the original cleaning queen’Credit: Rex
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Kim appeared on Big Brother and gave TV one of the most iconic moments in historyCredit: Rex
A representative for Kim said: “It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved Kim Woodburn passed away yesterday following a short illness.
“Kim was an incredibly kind, caring, charismatic and strong person.
“Her husband Peter is heartbroken at the loss of his soulmate.
“We are so proud of the amazing things Kim achieved in her life and career.
“We kindly ask that Kim’s husband and close friends are given the time and privacy they need to grieve.
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This is the last picture of CBB star Kim Woodburn with her husband before she died
Her husband Peter is “heartbroken at the loss of his soulmate”
Tributes have today flooded in for the reality TV star, calling her an “icon” and a “diva”
Kim’s touching last video was on Valentines Day
Her death comes weeks after cancelling work commitments due to health concerns
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Where is co-star Aggie MacKenzie now?
“We will not be releasing any further details.”
Kim went on to star in a number of shows including I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2009 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.
She also regularly appeared on ITV’s Loose Women and This Morning.
Her husband posted a sweet video on Instagram this morning, captioned: “My wonderful, beautiful, Kim passed away last night. God bless, my love, xx xx.”
Tributes have today flooded in for the reality TV star who was a “force of nature”.
Dan Wootton posted on X: “My gorgeous, hilarious and truly outrageous friend Kim Woodburn has died after a short illness.
“Genuinely THE favourite guest on every show I have ever been a part of.
“No one burst the bubble of prissy celebrities in such glorious fashion. Forever the queen of clean!”
Speaking on today’s This Morning, Nick Ferrari said: “I was thinking those two [Kim and Aggie Mackenzie] in a way, they were sort of the almost like the female equivalent of The Hairy Bikers.
The domestic goddess who got Britain scrubbing
By Alun Palmer
SHE was the Queen of Clean long before influencers like Mrs Hinch and Marie Kondo.
Kim Woodburn, the domestic goddess who got Britain scrubbing and organising their homes died yesterday, age 83.
Along with friend Aggie MacKenzie, she pioneered the TV genre with How Clean Is Your House?
The pair would don their rubber gloves and go into the most disgusting homes to help out the owner with Kim’s catchphrase ‘scrub dear, don’t
tickle.”
Becoming a beloved television star was not really on the cards for the young Hampshire girl.
She was brutally honest about her incredibly difficult childhood and how she overcame them to become one of TV’s highest paid
presenters.
Born Patricia McKenzie in Eastney, Portsmouth, just before the end of the Second World War she was physically abused by both her mother,
Mary, and father, Ronald.
Kim said: “I have no memory of him ever kissing me or holding me in his arms like I saw other dads doing with their children.
“He never once sent me a card on my birthday or a note to say he was missing me.
“My mum didn’t really care very much. I was the youngest of two daughters and my mother, who drank a lot, made it clear she preferred
my sister Gloria to me.
“My mother’s favourite expression was, ‘If I’d known what you were going to be like, I would have sent you back’.”
As she grew older she learned her father was a serial womaniser who ‘had a reputation for being as randy as a butcher’s dog.’
He then started sexually abusing her.
She said: “My dad was a Royal Marine and a rough and naughty man.
“He’d have a touch of the old naughty bits with me when he could get away with it. I was very young and I remember my mum used to beat
me with the carpet brushes.
“I never told her, I didn’t know how to. When I was a little girl, we didn’t discuss that.”
“They were so genuine – you could see the bond between them.
“The fact that they were so true shone through to the viewers, and I think that’s why they were regular genuine folk behaving in that fashion, and that’s why people like them. Very sad news.”
Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard rounded off the segment by saying: “It was a light that burnt very brightly and very strongly at times, was our Kim Woodburn.”
X Factor legends Jedward said: “Rest in Peace Kim Woodburn you will forever be our Celebrity Big Brother Friend!
“We grew up watching you and to share those memories together you will be truly missed for the TV gold you created for all generations.”
One devastated fan called her an “absolute icon of reality TV”.
“I actually can’t believe she’s died,” another said on X, while one posted: “RIP diva.”
A third posted: “I am genuinely upset to hear that Kim Woodburn has passed. What an icon who reached her prime later in life. Rest In Peace.”
Lizzie Cundy paid tribute on X, writing: “Very sad to hear Kim Woodburn has passed away.
“We had many fun times on the Big Brother Bit on the side show, such a character and she always said what she thought! A ball of energy that will be very much missed. Rest in peace Kim.”
Talent agent Craig Johnson-Pass wrote: “Thank you for all the amazing, fun, wonderful times. You weren’t just a client you were a friend. Will miss you Kim, fly high.”
The Liverpool Empire Theatre posted: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kim Woodburn, a cherished friend of our venue and a passionate advocate for the arts.
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Kim was a widely known “domestic goddess”
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Kim, who was a model, seen in 1962
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Aggie MacKenzie (left) and Kim Woodburn (right) on How Clean is Your House ?Credit: Alamy
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Kim & Aggie became household names from the TV show “How Clean Is Your House?”Credit: Eyevine
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Kim’s husband shared a photo of her as a four-year-old in a touching postCredit: Instagram
“We extend our sincerest condolences to her family and loved ones.”
Her death comes weeks after cancelling work commitments due to health concerns.
Kim had been offering personal video greetings to her loyal followers for £25 a pop after also selling clips on the Cameo platform.
But earlier this month she told her social media followers: “No more videos for now, my loves, I need to get better!”
A post on her Instagram account read: “We regret to tell you that Kim is unable to record any further videos for the foreseeable future, due to a health problem.
“Kim sends her love to you all.”
She also recently went under the knife for surgery on her eye, and a post on her Instagram said she was unable to record videos for the “foreseeable future” due to the health issue.
Her last video was posted on Valentine’s Day. She said cheerfully: “Hello my loves!
“I hope you are all okay and keeping well.”
Back in 2011, Kim came clean about her blindness after noticing she was starting to squint in her late teens.
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Her last video was posted on Valentine’s Day
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Kim was an iconic figure on TV
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The former clothing catalogue model previously said: “If you watch me carefully you will see I never stare at people and I blink a lot.
“If I do have to see something across the room I swivel my entire body around and look from my good eye.”
She added: “I was born with little or no sight in my right eye and not great sight in my left eye.”
Born in March 1942, Kim moved out of her home at the age of 16.
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Kim is survived by her husaband Peter Woodburn
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Following a screen test, Kim was paired with AggieCredit: Channel 4
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Kim arriving at An Audience With Donny And Marie Osmond in London in 2009Credit: Getty
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Kim exiting the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2017Credit: Getty
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Kim’s last picture was taken just weeks before her death at The Vivienne’s funeralCredit: fpnw.co.uk©2025
In 2017 she revealed how she had been sexually abused by her dad from a young age.
She subsequently moved to Liverpool where she became a live-in cleaner.
In 2002, while working in similar role in Kent, Channel 4 reached out to a cleaning company seeking a cleaner with a “funny temperament” and she was recommended.
Following a screen test, she was paired with Aggie MacKenzie and filming for the now iconic show began just weeks later.
The pair fronted the show for six series up until August 2009.
In November later the same year, Kim was announced as one of the contestants for ITV’s I’m A Celebrity.
She finished as runner-up on the show to TV chef Gino D’Acampo.
The following year, Kim appeared on Channel 4’s Celebrity Come Dine With Me with Claire Sweeney, Darren Day and Tom O’Connor.
She then appeared as a regular on Big Brother’s spin-off series from 2011.
But in 2017, Kim entered Big Brother as a housemate for a special Celebrity series – finishing in third spot.
In recent years, she has become known for being outspoken about a number of other TV personalities.
As recently as February, she branded celebrity chef D’Acampo a “full of himself little pig”.
She also last year slammed Louis Walsh as a “nasty, two-faced” music mogul during his own time on Big Brother.
Kim blasted ITV and BBC bosses, too, for recruiting reality stars as presenters.
Kim is survived by her husband Peter Woodburn.
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Tributes are flooding in for the “force of nature”
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The pair fronted the show for six series up until August 2009Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
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She also recently went under the knife for surgery on her eyeCredit: Rex Features
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She was recommended after Channel 4 reached out to a cleaning company seeking a cleanerCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
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She finished as runner-up on I’m A CelebCredit: Rex