In a year-end series published by The Guardian, Irish actor Cillian Murphy reflects on his beloved PEAKY BLINDERS co-star, who he remembers as a supremely talented and compassionate performer whose grace and dignity never deserted her. McCrory died of breast cancer at her home in London on 16 April 2021, aged 52. Announcing the death on Twitter, husband Damian Lewis stated that she had died “peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family”.