What happens to Ruby Shelby?

In season six, episode three 'Gold', vengeance did come. Tommy's seven-year-old daughter Ruby died of tuberculosis, after hearing voices, seeing visions and speaking the Romani words for the devil. Ruby died from a curse laid in retaliation for Tommy having passed on an already-cursed sapphire to the Barwell family.
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What happens to Ruby in Peaky Blinders?

During the most recent episode of Peaky Blinders, fans were heartbroken after Tommy (Cillian Murphy) and Lizzie (Natasha O'Keeffe) Shelby's only daughter Ruby passed away, following an illness she'd developed at the beginning of the season.
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Is Ruby Tommy Shelby's daughter?

Ruby Shelby was the daughter of Thomas Shelby and Lizzie Stark. She first appears when Lizzie is waiting for Thomas to come out of the voting hall, where he was representing South Birmingham for the Labour Party. Polly Shelby, her great-aunt, named her Ruby Shelby.
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Is Ruby dead Peaky Blinders?

Peaky Blinders season 6, episode 3, "Gold" sees tragedy strike yet again with Ruby's death, and its hidden meaning implies an ominous turn on the horizon for Tommy Shelby.
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Is Ruby Shelby cursed?

Both Madame Barwell and Navadni were from the gypsy tribe, and it was natural for Navadni to blame Thomas for it. So she decided to curse his daughter Ruby. This is most likely why Ruby got tuberculosis and died like Navadni's daughter did.
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Who killed Ruby in Peaky Blinders?

Ruby died from a curse laid in retaliation for Tommy having passed on an already-cursed sapphire to the Barwell family. Evadne Barwell (still listed under the family's original name of 'Boswell' on IMDb), is credited as appearing in the next two episodes of season six, played by actor Gwynne McElveen.
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Who gives Tommy a sapphire?

You gave a sapphire to a woman called Bethany Barwell," Esme tells Tommy. "She gave the stone to her sister, Navadni Barwell. Navadni put the stone around the neck of her daughter and straight away the girl began to cough. She died that night, seven years old," she continues.
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What was Ruby Shelby saying?

Peaky Blinders returned with a bang last week as viewers saw Tommy Shelby set off to North America. However, the final scene left many viewers rather puzzled. Lizzie told Tommy their daughter, Ruby, had a fever dream and was repeating several Romani words - 'Tickna mora o'beng'.
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What illness does Tommy Shelby have?

Following the X-Rays he was forced to take at the sanatorium where Ruby was treated and died, Tommy also gets a diagnosis. His lungs are clear of tuberculosis, but he has developed a tuberculoma.
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What happens to Lizzie in Peaky Blinders?

Goodbye Lizzie

Despite Tommy's hopes Lizzie would understand his actions because he just "had to go" to Canada, Lizzie walked away from the life she shared with Tommy and it came as no surprise that her stepson Charlie wanted to go with her.
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Who dies at the end of Peaky Blinders?

Originally, Peaky Blinders was supposed to finish with season 7, but creator Steven Knight brought the ending forward following delays due to Covid and the death of Helen McCrory, who played Polly Gray.
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Who dies in Peaky Blinders finale?

Tommy later shoots Michael in the eye, killing him instantly – which fulfilled Polly Grays's (Helen McCrory) prophecy that there will be a war between the cousins and one of them will die.
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Who cursed Thomas Shelby?

The sapphire was then thrown into the river, with Evadne cursing Tommy Shelby in retaliation for her daughter's death. She vowed that any daughter of his would also die at the age of seven.
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What happened to Tommy shelbys daughter?

Peaky Blinders fans were devastated after last night's episode ended in the death of Tommy Shelby's daughter, Ruby. Viewers were left in 'floods of tears' as they watched a tortured Tommy (Cillian Murphy) learn his seven-year-old girl had succumbed to tuberculosis days after she was admitted to hospital.
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Who cursed Tommy Shelby's daughter?

Tommy gave the sapphire to Bethany Barwell, who took it to her sister Evadne, who in turn put it around her daughter's neck. 7-year-old Connie died the next day, and according to Esme, it was Evadne that put the curse on Tommy to lose his daughter when she turns seven.
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What did they cut out of Tommy Shelby's mouth?

However, Thomas is set upon by Sabini and his thugs, who slice the inside of Thomas's mouth with the sharp end of a razor, while his sister Ada is also accosted. Thomas is only saved by the reappearance of Chester Campbell.
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Who kills Tommy Shelby?

Billy Kimber manages to shoot Thomas in the chest, but Thomas is able to shoot him in the head, killing him instantly and ending the short war between the two gangs.
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What does Arthur Shelby suffer from?

One of the major symptoms of PTSD is "recurrent, unwanted distressing memories or dreams of the traumatic event"[1]. A number of characters in Peaky Blinders appear to suffer from it, the most notable ones being Thomas Shelby, Arthur Shelby Jr., and Danny Whizz-Bang.
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Who is Tommy Shelby's son?

Duke Shelby or Erasmus Duke is played by Conrad Khan in the sixth and final series of Peaky Blinders. His character is the son of Tommy Shelby from a one-night stand many years ago.
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Is Esme Shelby a gypsy?

Character History. Esme Martha Shelby Lee is a Romani gypsy and part of the Lee family.
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Why did Tommy have a seizure?

He had tuberculoma in his brain stem, a growth caused by the same bacteria as the lung disease, doubtless picked up from daughter Ruby (Orla McDonagh). It wasn't infectious but it was inoperable. The symptoms (seizures, dissociation, hallucinations, sharp cheekbones – I may have added the last one) chimed with Tommy's.
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Who cursed the Shelby family?

Esme grew to have a passionate relationship with John and raised his four children by his late wife and also had two children by him too. After their home was attacked by the Changretta crime family, Esme was devastated and blamed Tommy and his family, cursing them.
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Why does Tommy sleep with Tatiana?

At the Shelby Charity Foundation Dinner, Tatiana informs Thomas that the sapphire necklace Grace Shelby is wearing is "cursed by a gypsy", right before Grace is shot by an assassin. She seduces Thomas and attempts to cure him of his sadness about his wife's passing.
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Does Ruby Shelby have TB?

Ruby Shelby (played by Orla McDonagh) tragically died in the most recent episode of Peaky Blinders after suffering from tuberculosis.
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