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<\/p>\nAWARD-WINNING actress and Neighbours star Joy Chambers-Grundy has died aged 76. <\/p>\n
The second wife of the late multimillionaire TV mogul Reg Grundy passed away in her sleep at her Queensland home on Sunday morning, her family announced. <\/p>\n
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In a heartbreaking statement, they said: "Joy has passed away in her sleep early this morning surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n
"Joy will be remembered as a Logie award-winning actress, a best-selling author, a poet, a philanthropist and an exceptional businesswoman who worked alongside her husband to build one of the largest independent production companies in the world."<\/p>\n
Joy was born Carolyn Joy Chambers in Ipswich,\u00a0Queensland, in 1947.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She is known for her roles in soap operas – as Rita in The Restless Years, Dr Robyn Porter in The Young Doctors and Rosemary Daniels in Neighbours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She won a Logie Award for Best Female Personality in 1969 and 1970 after starring in her husband's soap operas. <\/p>\n
Joy was also a businesswoman, poet, philanthropist, and fine art collector and published several historical fiction novels during her lifetime.<\/p>\n
Her last book, The Soldier\u2019s Choice, was released in 2014.<\/p>\n
She met her husband TV executive Reg Grundy at an audition back in the 60s when she was just 18 years old and he was in his 40s. <\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He was then married to Patricia Powell and the couple shared a daughter, Kim. <\/p>\n Joy and Reg married in 1971 after his divorce from his first wife and they remained together until his death aged 92 in May 2016.<\/p>\n Reg built a TV empire alongside his wife and was behind famous soaps and game shows such as Sons and Daughters, The Young Doctors, The Restless Years, Sale of The Century and Neighbours.<\/p>\n In the early years of their marriage, Joy wrote for several of his shows and worked alongside him as a production assistant. <\/p>\n Tributes have since poured in for the late star who was a household name in Australia. <\/p>\n Fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, said: "Very sad to hear that Joy Chambers \u2026 known to us #Neighbours lovers as the fabulous Rosemary Daniels, has passed away. <\/p>\n "She was such an integral part of @Neighbours DNA as the daughter of original show matriarch Helen Daniels, but also real-life wife of Reg Grundy."<\/p>\n Another noted that Joy's passing came just a day before Neighbours was set to return to TV screens for a new series.<\/p>\n They said: "How sad that the day before Neighbours returns, one of the iconic cast has passed away. RIP Joy Chambers aka Rosemary Daniels."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23987406-1694898732881.jpg\")
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