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Final Fantasy XIV Yugiri voice actor Sian Blake found dead

The actor was also known for her role in the BBC drama "EastEnders."

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Law enforcement in London has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIV and EastEnders star Sian Blake, 43, is dead, according to the BBC. Police found her body in the garden of her home alongside her children Zachary Bilal Kent-Blake and Amon Ben George Kent-Blake who were 8 and 4 years old, respectively.

Police explained that she and her children died as a result of “head and neck injuries,” and investigators are seeking her partner, Arthur Simpson-Kent, in relation to the suspected murders. The BBC says that Simpson-Kent may have left the United Kingdom for Ghana.

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Blake is best known in gaming for voicing the character Yugiri in the Final Fantasy XIV expansion Heavensward. She was also a television actor who starred as the character Frankie Pierre on the BBC drama EastEnders for 56 episodes from 1996 through 1997.

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