EastEnders news
While he's sorry to leave his character and Albert Square behind, Stephen Lord is happy Jase Dyer is being killed off.
"I wouldn't want to leave Walford any other way," he told Inside Soap. "It's been a real treat working on EastEnders and I'm going to miss a lot of the folk here - and riding my BMX to work!"
Hardman Jase's demise will screen on August 28, the day of his wedding to Dawn (Kara Tointon).