Eastenders viewers tonight said goodbye to an Albert Square legend with the death of Barbara Windsor's inimitable Peggy Mitchell choosing to end her life in the emotional episode.

Audiences saw Peggy, battling a terminal illness say goodbye to her sons Phil and Grant and other Albert Square pals before she decided to take her own life rather than suffer through her last days. An old friend even made an appearance from beyond the grave, with the spirit of Pat Butcher appearing. Butcher had originally passed away in 2012 of cancer. Naturally, social media savvy soap fans tearily reacted to the episode making it the number one trending topic of Twitter, proving just how well-loved Peggy Mitchell really was.

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It's great to see Phil and Grant back together #EastEnders pic.twitter.com/1RECctWcru

— Kirsty Morris (@moggsy73) May 17, 2016

True friends never leave you. Goodbye Peggy Mitchell, old friend. #EastEnders #EELastOrdershttps://t.co/Bn581XV6Bg — BBC EastEnders (@bbceastenders) May 17, 2016

Goodbye Peggy Mitchell, Walford won’t be the same without you. #EELastOrders #EastEndershttps://t.co/f1W2JRtUFB

— BBC EastEnders (@bbceastenders) May 17, 2016

I can't go to work tomorrow because I'm mourning the loss of Peggy #EELastOrders — chlo (@chlooo_xx) May 17, 2016

Petition for a spin-off in which Pat and Peggy travel round the afterlife in an ice cream van solving mysteries #EELastOrders

— Shaun Kitchener (@ShaunKitchener) May 17, 2016

IM A MESS ?? #EELastOrders pic.twitter.com/AXznnNdHkh — Yasmin Evans (@YasminEvans) May 17, 2016

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SCENE IN THE ICE CREAM VAN #EELastOrders #EELastOrders @bbceastenders pic.twitter.com/6L1YT4uLoN

— chloe (@_TheCartersEE) May 17, 2016

Got to love Peggy and Pat... The original huns #Eastenders — Jeffrey Porritt (@JeffPorritt) May 17, 2016

#Eastenders just casually broke my heart with these words: "You bitch!" "You cow!" "My dear friend." pic.twitter.com/4RaNp5UApU

— Billy London (@SoBillysays) May 17, 2016