Coronation Street Actors Who Have Died In Real Life

Coronation Street is a British Soap Opera that first aired on 9th December 1960.

The Coronation Street was created by Granda Television that centers around Coronation Street of Weatherfield.

It’s a fictional street of the show that was built in 1902. Below are some of the soap opera’s actors that have passed on so far:

Arthur Leslie
Arther Leslie Scottorn Broughton, commonly recognized as Arthur Leslie was born on 8th December 1899, in Newark-on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.

Leslie is known for his character as Jack Walker, genial Landlord of Rovers Return Inn on Coronation Street. Jack appeared on the show from the second episode on 14 December 1960. Jack ran the pub with his wife Annie. Arthur had his final appearance on 24 June 1970.

On 30 June 1970, Arthur Leslie Scotton Broughton passed away due to a sudden heart attack while on holiday in Wales.

Patricia Cutts
Patricia Cutts was born on 20th July 1926 in London, England, Ul. She accepted her role in Coronation Street in 1974 which would have been her most high profile role.

Unfortunately, after only two episodes Cutts was found dead at age 48 in her flat in London.

The cause of death was said to be suicide by barbiturate poisoning. Her role was replaced by Maggie Jones until 2009 when she passed away as well.

Graham Haberfield
Graham Haberfield was born on 17th November 1941 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

He joined the cast of Coronation Street as Jerry Booth at the age of 20. He appeared in the show on between 1962-1941, 1965,1968, and 1971-1975.

He passed away on 17th October 1975 at the age of 33 from heart failure.

Peter Dudley
Peter Dudley was born on 21st June 1935 in Manchester, England.

He played some minor role in various shows before landing in Coronation Street as Bert Tikskey as a regular actor. In the series, he played as Bert, husband of Ivy Tinsley. They had a son Brian Tinsley.

Dudley suffered two heart attacks and a further stroke. He passed away on 20th October 1983.

Jack Howarth
Jack Aubrey Conway Howarth, better known as Jack Howarth was born on 19th February 1896 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England.

He made his Coronation Street debut in the first episode in 1960. His role was Albert Tatlock who was grumpy but likable war veteran on the show Coronation Street. Since then he appeared in over 1700 episodes. His final appearance was on 25th January 1984.

Howarth passed on 31st March 1984 at the age of 88 due to kidney failure and pneumonia.

Bernard Youens
Bernard Youens was born on 28th December 1914 in Hove, Sussex, England.

Bernard played the role of Stan Ogden in Coronation Street from 1964 until his death in 1984. Youens suffered a heart attack followed by a strike in 30th October 1975 which left him with speech difficulty. His final appearance was on 7th March 1984.

Youens died on the afternoon of 27 August 1984 after suffering a heart attack

Betty Driver
Elizabeth Mary Driver, well known as, Betty Driver was born on 20th May 1920 Leicester, England.

Driver is known for her role as Betty Williams (previously Betty Turpin) in Coronation Street. She played the role for amazingly 42 years from 1969 to 2011 appearing in more than 2800 episodes.

Betty Driver was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award at British Soap awards.

On May 11 Betty Driver was rushed to the hospital who was suffering from pneumonia. She passed away at the age of 91.

Anne Kirkbride
Anne Kirkbride was born on 21st June 1954 in Oldham, Lancashire, England.

She got her role in Coronation Street after she was noticed by casting directors when she was acting in a Jack Rosenthal Play.

She played a small part of Deirdre Hunt in Coronation Street. Anne signed a contract with the show in 1974. Her character, Deidre Barlow became famous.

She died on 19th January 2015 at the age of 60. She received the Outstanding Achievement Award which was accepted by her husband.

In 2021, Coronation Street actress, Dilys Watling died at age 78.

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