Nick Cotton

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Nick Cotton is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by John Altman on a semi-regular basis from the soap's debut episode on 19 February 1985. He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Nasty Nick". Altman has stated that his initial exit was due to producer Julia Smith demanding he was written out after he opposed a decision to make his character gay. Following Smith's departure, the character made numerous brief or more protracted stints until his onscreen death in February 2015, which was written to coincide with the 30th anniversary of EastEnders. Nick's primary function was as an antagonist, a drug-user and a murderer. He was notably responsible for the death of Reg Cox (Johnnie Clayton), who was discovered unconscious in the first scene of the programme in 1985, and revealed in the following episode to have died. Nick's death was partly scripted as a re-enactment of Reg's death, as Nick died in the same spot where Reg had died, exactly 30 years prior...

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