What happened to Tommys daughter Peaky Blinders

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.

The news was delivered by his distraught wife Lizzie (Natasha O'Keefe), who collapsed on the hospital steps in the pouring rain after telling her husband: 'She's gone'.

The emotional scene struck a chord with fans of the show, with one tweeting: 'One of the most heartbreaking scenes in peaky blinders ever, my heart is hurting so much #PeakyBlinders.'

Peaky Blinders fans were devastated after last night's episode ended in the death of Tommy Shelby's daughter, Ruby. Pictured, Tommy (Cillian Murphy) and Lizzie (Natasha O'Keefe)

The emotional scene struck a chord with fans of the show who said they were heartbroken

Another wrote: 'Heartbreaking. Can’t believe he didn’t have a change to say goodbye #PeakyBlinders.'

A third added: 'The emotional damage this scene has caused me is indescribable.' 

The third episode of series six focused on Tommy's quest to uncover a cure for Ruby's illness. 

The little girl had been suffering from hallucinations that the gangster MP believed were tied to a Gypsy curse that had been put on him, despite doctors diagnosing the girl with tuburculosis.

Tommy went out in search of his widowed sister-in-law Esme Shelby Lee (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), who was living in the wilderness somewhere in the UK.

The third episode of series six focused on Tommy's quest to uncover a cure for Ruby's illness. Pictured, at his daughter's bedside in hospital

The little girl had been suffering from hallucinations that the gangster MP believed were tied to a Gypsy curse that had been put on him

Doctors had diagnosed Ruby (pictured) with tuberculosis and she was treated in hospital

Tommy went out in search of his widowed sister-in-law Esme Shelby Lee (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), who was living in the wilderness somewhere in the UK. He learned there was a curse put on him by the sister of a Gypsy he had met 10 years previously

While he was away, his sister Ada (Sophie Rundle) was tasked with keeping Shelby Company Ltd. running in London, including introducing Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin) and his mistress Lady Diana Mitford (Amber Anderson) to Uncle Jack Nelson (James Frecheville) and his niece Gina Grey (Anya Taylor-Joy). 

The tense meeting, hosted by Mosley, was designed to introduce the fascist leader to the American sympathiser. It also hinted at sexual tension between Jack and Ada. 

Ada sent Arthur (Paul Anderson) and Isiah (Jordan Bolger) on a mission to Liverpool to speak to employees suspected of siphoning off heroin from the Peaky Blinders' warehouses. 

It was there that fans were finally introduced to guest star Stephen Graham, who played the leader of the group responsible for skimming drugs. 

Tommy vowed to 'buy off' the Gypsy responsible for laying the curse, believing he could still break it in time to save his daughter. But when he arrived back at the hospital, he learned he was too late. Lizzie was waiting for him to return (pictured) 

Tommy was greeted by a tearful Lizzie, who burst outside and shouted: 'Where the f*** were you? Where were you? Where the f*** were you?'

As Tommy approached her in the rain, dumbfounded, she continued: 'She's gone, Tommy. She's gone. Just now. 5.17pm. You weren't f*****g here, were you'

Tommy was too shocked and heartbroken to speak as he learned of his daughter's final moments

Meanwhile Lizzie was forced to cope with her daughter's slow demise without the source of her husband and complained to Ada that she wished she was married to a 'normal man'. 

Tommy believed he had found the answer he was looking for. It was not Esme who had cursed his family but the sister of another Gypsy, Bethany Boswell (Frances Tomelty).

Bethany, known as Madame Barwell, was last seen in series three, when Tommy went to see her to seek 'absolution'. 

During the meeting, he presented her with a sapphire that his wife Grace had been wearing when she was shot dead. He had learned moment before that the jewel had been 'cursed by a Gypsy'. 

Lizzie continued: 'She was asking just now for you but went. 5.17pm. I told her that you loved her... I gave her your kiss goodbye'

Fans of the show have speculated that losing his daughter will be enough to set Tommy on his final path to destruction

Madame Barwell told Tommy that the jewel was indeed cursed. Tommy left it with her. 

In last night's episode, Esme told Tommy that Bethany brought the stone back to her camp. 

'She gave the sapphire to her sister, Ivadni Barwell, Ivadni put the stone around the neck of her daughter, a little girl,' Esme continued. 'Straight away the little girl began to cough. She died that night. Seven years old.

'I'm guessing it will be the girl's mother who lay the curse... Perhaps she waited until your little girl was seven, so you'd know how it feels.' 

Tommy vowed to 'buy off' the Gypsy responsible for laying the curse, believing he could still break it in time to save his daughter. 

But when he arrived back at the hospital, he learned he was too late. 

Lizzie collapsed on the stairs to the hospital in the rain after telling Tommy about Ruby

He was greeted by a tearful Lizzie, who burst outside and shouted: 'Where the f*** were you? Where were you? Where the f*** were you?' 

As Tommy approached her in the rain, dumbfounded, she continued: 'She's gone, Tommy. She's gone. Just now. 5.17pm. You weren't f*****g here, were you.

'She was here and then she was gone and now she's gone to where they put the dead... They've put her with the dead people...

'She was asking just now for you but went. 5.17pm. I told her that you loved her... I gave her your kiss goodbye.'  

Fans of the show have speculated that losing his daughter will be enough to set Tommy on his final path to destruction. 

One tweeted: 'Tommy’s gonna go f*****g feral and on an absolute rampage now ain’t he. It’s the beginning of the end I know it #PeakyBlinders.'

Another posted: 'He’s about to lose his s**t next week #PeakyBlinders.'

A third added: 'Me going to sleeps knowing Tommy will be even more sad and unstable. #PeakyBlinders.'

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