50 CORONATION STREET ACTORS WHO DIED IN REAL LIFE

[@zaftra]

basically all those from when i watched it when it was good, 70's early 80's

[@derekstocker6661]

The absolute classic days of Corrie, now a shadow of what it once was. Fabulous actors and sadly no longer with us but fondly remembered. Thanks for this, very well done!

[@harrodsfan]

Unforgettable legends. Most of the older actresses on Corrie lived a full long life ! There will never be another Coronation Street as this classic one.

[@johnrider5701]

That was the golden age of Corrie but sadly the show is now a depressing and dull shadow of its former self..

[@AUCHTERMUCHTYZZ]

Stopped watching it after it turned into a clone of Deadenders

[@marylynch951]

Stopped watching it end of 2020

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Everyone has said that about everyone and everything since the dawn of time

[@malcolmabram2957]

Used to watch and enjoy it in the days of Ken Barlow and Elsie Tanner. Have not watched it for years. The magic has long gone. Watched Eastenders once, many years ago. Had to call the Samaritans after it.

[@harrodsfan]

Well said.

[@user-dp4wb5er4r]

Get the box set and watch from the start. Ive just retired and look forward to seeing all these fantastic people from the first ever screening and to see how we coped without social media, tablets, mobile phones, computers etc.

[@user-dp4wb5er4r]

Happier, no just pissed off with social media trying to tell us how to act, what to say and take over the mindset.

[@janeclarkson8471]

I'm sure social media didn't intend for it to become the monster it has. I loathe what it's done and doing, to society. It's made it so people do nit communicate as they did. Less face to face. You can't "grow" into friendships via this way of communicating this way almost incessantly. It's ruining the lives of the young in the social field. I don't like the world getting smaller at all. Give me pre mobile phone and computer invasion, any day. I watched Corrie from 1960 (first episode, until about 15 years ago. By then it was going downhill but I stated with it because of what was left of the original and previous casts but new storylines supposedly current tines and issues, we absolutely awful and the characters were abysmal. Much less of the moral compass evident. The humour and characters disappeared long ago. 😭

[@davidc4301]

They were the best actors in corrie rip to all ❤

[@emmalouise7884]

Apart from Sarah Harding bless her she was not a good actress it was cringe worthy to watch.

[@winstonsmith3690]

​@@emmalouise7884any need?

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

RIP . Coronation Street. A great fabulous northern soap opera 😊 the country loved the characters 😊 storyline & humour 😊 great script writers 😊

[@vivhiggins5656]

Rip too them I dont watch soaps! But corrie was great ❤😢

[@Zooumberg]

Remember that Bryan Mosely was cruelly thrown off a car park by Michael Caine in Get Carter.

[@marclaw4511]

He was a stuntman so survived.

[@seamusburke9101]

Now you're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's business....

[@berniesmith5123]

it was only acting.

[@steviedee8921]

You're a big man but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Brian Mosley as Cliff Brumby being slapped by Michael Caine

[@Zooumberg]

@@ZeMiceS.22222 I never said he was lol.

[@carmelmhennessy9738]

This is an excellent video. Thank you so much for making it. May they all rest in peace 🙏

[@HorrorFan-WrestlingFan]

I watched coronation street a few days a go before the program i wanted to watch started and it was crap what has happened to it it was good the younger cast should be in hollyoaks and the same goes for eastenders & emmerdale no one stands out as an icon of the show these days it's sad to see 😢 RIP to all the icons in this video ❤

[@harrodsfan]

Well said.

[@breigesheppard8339]

I really agree with you 👏👏👏👏🍀🙏🏻

[@claudemaassen2963]

With all these wonderful characters gone, it is the reason why I do not watch this show anymore. It has turned to crap.

[@joebloggs2857]

There are no proper powerful strong HUMAN characters these days....just all box ticking talentless disposable bots. Sad really 😢

[@DafTaf1]

Ditto

[@Griffo5446]

So true 👍

[@curiositypiqued6573]

That attitude is what turns everything to crap....the usual "then-good now=bad" nonsense

[@joebloggs2857]

@@curiositypiqued6573 Quiet....numb nuts bot

[@garybrockwell2031]

What a great show in it's day🎬💯 we had a cat in the 70s we called it MINIE... They really were the STAR'S IN IT'S GLORY YEAR'S... Great memories 🌟💖 May they rest in peace 🕊️😢🙏🇬🇧 Bless their Souls 🙏😇💯🇬🇧

[@Karin-]

Haven't watched this show in years. Although I don't know some of the characters mentioned here, I remember most and that is when it was worth watching. RIP all those who have gone

[@lindadurrant43]

rip sarah harding such a brave lady she was 💔💔💔

[@MsJackrussell2]

Love watching old Corrie episodes with all the legends like Annie and Jack Walker, Hilda, Stan, Len, Ray and the fabulous Pat Phoenix.

[@herberthartwig8544]

It’s utter tripe now with storyline’s that are unbelievable, enjoyed this video so thanks for uploading 👍

[@ziggypop8106]

Corrie has been piffle for about 20 years. It used to be such fun with wonderful characters.

[@Matt-ww6nf]

I remember Daphne Oxenford in a children's TV show from when I was little called 'The Children of Green Knowe', she looked really old then and that was back in the 80s.

[@PeterMackett]

Most were from the days when it was a gritty Northern soap of working class people, the humour was legendary, not like now with all the depressing storylines and inforgettable characters.

[@mtm4a]

@PeterMackett - ...or actually *forgettable* characters...

[@rosemarygriffin2184]

They were the golden year's of coronation Street, you just can't beat them.

[@joycehaddon3615]

Corrie has never been the same since.

[@creationinmotion4124]

True ❤❤

[@mtm4a]

I was lucky enough to meet Violet Carson (Ena Sharples) when I was a 20-year-old bank cashier at a new branch of Barclays Bank in Euston Station. That was soon after the rail terminus was completely renovated and re-opened in 1968. Miss Carson cashed a cheque with me (those were the days!), presumably before catching her train to Manchester, and I remember her being a lovely, friendly, and very glamorous lady, full of smiles and compliments! In the early 1980s, I managed to acquire the autograph of Liz Dawn (Vera Duckworth) who was making a personal appearance at a disco (then called 'Bangs') at the top of Charing Cross Road, London. A lively, witty lady, much in demand by autograph hunters! As a side issue, the Barclays branch at Euston Station (which is now an M & S 'Simply Food' outlet) was one of the first to introduce the original style of cash machine. As a cashier, we had to load this machine with packets of brand new One Pound notes (10 per packet), and the machine would operate by means of an arm with a suction pad on the end, which lifted a single packet from a pile within the machine, it swung across and placed it on the 'tray' which the customer would then pull open to retrieve the money! Customers had special vouchers for this purpose - Ten Pounds for every voucher!! Advanced technology in those days!! 😄

[@CrankCase08]

I thought Ena Sharples was terrifying when I was a kid.

[@mtm4a]

@@CrankCase08 - I thought the same when I was young, but in real life I found her to be so elegant, friendly and charming, and I was just a strip of a lad behind a bank counter! 😀

[@CrankCase08]

@@mtm4a That's the difference between Violet Carson and the character she was playing.

[@ACNC1]

Alf Roberts died younger than Stan Ogden .... I'd never knew that.... Also to note, that eddie yates a lodger at the ogdens died at the same age as stan

[@curiositypiqued6573]

I thought the reason for peter Adamson (len fairclough) dismissal was alot mire sinister (CP)???

[@apollomemories7399]

Ssshhh! Don't mention children and swimming pools...

[@incognito9533]

Yeah he enjoyed loitering in the shallow end

[@keith79mod11]

He was found not guilty of that case involving children in fact if I remember rightly the judge kicked out because there was no evidence

[@apollomemories7399]

@@keith79mod11 OK, fair enough, but why is it I seem to remember his acting career ending in some sort of disgrace?

[@aliholgate9442]

​@apollomemories7399 Because of the scandal...court of public opinion decided he was guilty!! Corrie directors didn't want any association with him after the allegations, for obvious reasons. The court case was dismissed, no evidence, but it was the end of his career.

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

As avid fan of the show, this made me really sad and depressed. So many wonderful memories created by all these fabulous actors. RIP all.

[@markbailey64]

There were many great characters in the past. I miss them dearly. RIP

[@user-oh6nl1dw3u]

Sadly lost our great Favourites RIP.

[@berryboo5390]

the golden years all so sadly missed god rest these brilliant funny people 🙏🏻

[@marionward7672]

Bill Tarmey was also a singer who released at least 1 record

[@andrewhunt3800]

You have done your homework ,thank you for sharing

[@taniatane5376]

Only recently got hooked on Coro the past 12 months, a friend and I were trying to work out the oldest characters, not child actors, left or still on the show? I only remember Ken Barlow, Hilda??? and is it, Audrey? That can remember way back then .

[@mtm4a]

@taniatane5376 - Yes, Ken and Audrey, and don't forget Rita also!

[@suehodgson5722]

Such legends have gone, Corrie at it's best, happy memories of family TV ❤

[@johnstockwell2637]

Excellent video of steamies and diesel train nicely put together bid like the whisles on the steam trains cut seines well done 😊😊😊

[@patsydonaldson2773]

Enjoyed seeing the old faces this was a great video ❤️

[@georgealderson4424]

It is shocking how it seems that these people died only recently but in many cases it is decades ago!

[@ACNC1]

Has the Hilda Ogden character officially died in corrie? I remember they made an announcement on the show when deidre passed away

[@mtm4a]

@ACNC1 - I am not sure, but I think the difference was that Jean Alexander went on to play other characters for many years after she left Corrie in 1987, so relating her real-life demise in 2016 may not have been appropriate to build into the storyline at that belated time. Whereas Anne Kirkbride's passing in real life happened only three months after her last appearance in Corrie in October 2014. So she was very much in everyone's thoughts, and the producers/scriptwriters thought it was very appropriate to bring her passing into the storyline, and this was broadcast in July 2015.

[@02bher1]

I loved them all and Corrie isn't the same since they've all gone.

[@nickpalmer3076]

What wonderful characters these actors made. R.I.P.

[@211151cazza]

I have not watched corrie for years. Like all the other soap operas, they are not as good anymore. These older characters were the best. X❤

[@PatriciaJohnston-ib4qn]

I agree, all the legends were fantastic actors, now none of these people on can act to save their lifes.meaning the new and not so new actors in all the soaps.once upon a time,they were the highlight of tv,soaps days are numbered.so sad for tv.

[@janeclarkson8471]

Anthony Booth who Pat Phoenix (Corrie’s Elsie Tanner) married, was Cherie Blair’s father. Tony Blair’s (UK Prime Minister) wife!

[@CrankCase08]

Scouse git.

[@chrisfallon9678]

I say some real Corrie legends here i say ......

[@user-mn6ec6kf8k]

This is when soaps were worth watching & was not so damn depressing as they are now !!

[@80s_kid.]

i visited Bill Tarmey's Grave this Week, he's buried in Droylsden in Manchester, His Real Name was William Piddington, i'm good friends with his niece Beverly.

[@manteadodude]

Excellent homage! I notice however no mention of Peter Dudley who played Ivy's husband Bert Tilsley for 4 years?

[@briangarrod8664]

Thanks for putting that together. I never realised how many popular face had been on the street. Thanx

[@tessstirton]

I watch 0ld Corri love Jack and Vera duckworth I'm 46 I do watch it now with Paul's mnd story line is an emotional one❤

[@TheSecurdisc]

I remember picking out John Savident as the German Officer in the film Waterloo in conference with Wellington (Christopher Plummer).

[@CrankCase08]

I always thought he'd have made a brilliant beadle in Oliver Twist.

[@user-kl9mr2mu7h]

Love classic Corrie and Corrie now

[@9112V]

I was lucky enough to have met a lot of the older stars as i was back and forth to the studios for 7 years...still got the pictures, great memories of when it was really good. They were such lovely people and always made me feel welcome. The good old days eh....i miss them.

[@beefabob]

Thank you for a great video.

[@PatriciaJohnston-ib4qn]

I think the writers, and new and not so new actors have destroyed all the soaps, fullof depression.

[@tildac1875]

What a great video !! … they all came alive in my mind as I watched - beautiful memories of Xmas day - queens speech and then Xmas with the Corrie’s

[@misscoutts6193]

Tragic that Jack Howarth died in real life in his sixties while still in the role of Jack Walker. It wasn't the same once Annie was on her own behind the bar.

[@JammyGit]

I remember most of these characters, some might say unfortunately 😆 I also remember Len Fairclough actor Peter Adamson getting sacked from the show......but not for writing stuff about his co actors, it was something to do with child sex offences. It was all very hush hush at the time but I'm certain that was the reason and my memory isn't false 🙄✌️

[@herrflick1244]

Yes at Haslingden swimming baths around 1980, it was in all the local papers. Can't go into details, but I think you can guess😮. The characters death was that he was supposed to be on a job in his van, his van was in his fatal crash,Rita found out later he had been visiting his mistress. I don't watch it nowadays though.😅

[@ACNC1]

29:15 that picture looks like it was taken in the late 80s or 1990s. However If you look closely you can see a young John Thaw

[@joshuaedwards4536]

Coronation Street is sooooooooooo depressing nowadays, the characters from decades ago will always remain legends of this once iconic tv soap series, "Sorrynation Street" anyone.....😂😂😂

[@carolinebedwell3358]

Rip❤ all who passed away 😢

[@user-li2ch4jd2h]

Great poeple there they great ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊well missed

[@cdel75]

Very interesting, thank you ❤

[@markallenby7378]

Johnny Leeze lived in a flat in cleethorpes a feiend of mine who lived above Johnny's flat. Johnny was a big drinker and used to drink most of the time with southerner Mark Myers owner of Cleethorpes Pier. Johnny died from depression and turned to drink after the work dried up.

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

Actress who died in real life ", that's the dumbest statement, everyone dies in real life 🙄

[@malcolmabram2957]

Coronation street has the highest death rate in the country, but thankfully it is not real life.

[@georgemccann9141]

@@malcolmabram2957 Well it is a bot afterall

[@janeclarkson8471]

You know they mean “not on the Street”.

[@CrankCase08]

@@malcolmabram2957 Only in soap operas does everyone have relationships with fellow residents of the street.

[@paulwild3676]

I didn’t realise Bryan Mosley was so young.

[@blossomwinter]

I always thought Fred Elliot was gay in real life he just came across very camp looks like I was mistaken

[@berryboo5390]

Lyn Perrie was brilliant at stand up I seen her 1980 in a working men’s club

[@chriswaring5565]

I DIDN'T KNOW LYNE PERRIE WAS DOUGIE BROWNS SISTER

[@timwinters2343]

Factually incorrect!! Doreen Keogh’s character was Concepta Riley, not Concepta Regan!!

[@Sarah-louiseCampbell]

Billy Ken wright was my foster mums cousin they looked so alike.

[@marylougardiner7833]

Peter Adamson was investigated for child abuse, that is why he was sacked and why none of the cast went to his funeral!

[@taniatane5376]

Generations of Legends and Unsung Heroes in the Life's at the Rovers Return with gossips and scandals ❤😂

[@onceamusician5408]

I was a child in the mid 1960s when Corrie finally made it to my home land NZ five years after it stated in Britain, so it lagged 5 years for a long time. But as I lost interest in it in the early 1980's some of the names were either unknown or forgotten by me, now aged 65. but thanks for this video. i remember the show with affection. those were the days when Ena Sharples held court with Minnie and Martha " in t' snoog"

[@alexanderjones9572]

Jonny Leeze is shown here in his later role of Ned Glover from Emmerdale.

[@richardbray6454]

Saw Lynne Perrie performing at The Mildmay Club,a working man's club in Newington Green North London circa 1983,& allegedly,Liam Gallagher & Nicole Appleton held their wedding reception there,after he fell in love with the club,after shooting the video "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" with Oasis,Jame's Blunt shot a music video there,Call The Midwife did some filming there too,& other artists & shows

[@rayskitten78]

You missed a few Roy Hudd Lipstick on Your Collar Dennis Potter and Harbour Lights starring Nick Berry

[@mtm4a]

@rayskitten78 - Roy Hudd appears here at 24:37. And did you mean Dennis Tanner? He was played by Philip Lowrie who is now aged 87, so doesn't qualify for this video! Nick Berry is now 61 years old, so he also doesn't qualify!!

[@HottyHelen]

Wouldn’t be showing more respect to not use some third rate robotic voice reading out AI generated text.

[@briangatt2956]

It's very annoying

[@georgealderson4424]

Perhaps it is not only these characters who have died but the series has also come to the end of it's time?

[@kevinshanahan6064]

Andrew Sachs, June Whitfield, Bobby Nutt, and Tony Booth who was in the pics here and married to Pat Phoenix about 6 days before she died.

[@garybrockwell2031]

Got her money 🤑💰⚖️ Mrs Blair's dad. Never liked him not even with Alf Garnett 😢💪🇬🇧 EDIT- But his Brother Tony Booth in ZULU , THINK HE took the part OF HOOK, in the hospital, he's made out to be skiving cockney.... The familys of Hook walked out .... Another skiver a?🎬💯😁

[@kevinshanahan6064]

@@garybrockwell2031 Not sure Pat Phoenix had any money and not sure get got along with Warren Mitchell, more to do with everyone in TDUDP just there to play stooge to his character Alf.

[@garybrockwell2031]

@@kevinshanahan6064 cheers but what isTDUDP?? 🤔👍

[@garybrockwell2031]

Right got it😁🎬 clever fella warren? He's a good TIYL? THIS IS YOUR LIFE.... 🇬🇧💯👍😁

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

Pat was a lovely lady , met her when I was little

[@taniatane5376]

Always got mixed with Hilda Ogden n Ena Sharples. Thought Hilda was the hair net nd Ena Sharples had curlers but other way around. My bad.

[@John-mz8rj]

Back to back, it would take about 70 days to watch all episodes.

[@jesswalker7584]

Prefer the classic episodes

[@gemini802]

Whats up witt the audio on thius it cuts out after a few minutes

[@donb3557]

I remember watching the 1st episode on a black and white Bakelite TV ,to my mind the series lost its way when Spider and the dreadful Battersby family were wrote into the series. I stopped watching because it had turned into a Northern version of East Enders! Arguments, nasty scheming back stabbing characters and totally depressing story lines. If real life was supposed to be portrayed by Coronation Street post Spider I would have completely lost the will to live. Corro is a dreadful, depressing soap that long ago lost its family appeal.

[@user-fe5tw4dy8y]

They were all great actors 🙏

[@user-oh6nl1dw3u]

Classic Corrie abx classic Emmerdale are on tv on itv3 better storylines and Characters then dknt watch it now used to have comedy and Battle axes

[@LISA-gv5yo]

😢😢😢 A sra Daphne era tão linda! Acho que seja uma das mulheres mais lindas que já vi!

[@user-ko2ik7ln1n]

Should include june brown she was in corrie to

[@barblessable]

Peter Adamson apart from his alcoholism he was also accused s/a on young girls at swimming pool.

[@jackiehayes8978]

Loved Hilda and betty and her singing Corrie is not the same with out her

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Could do with timestamps...

[@neoandersonwick3263]

John salvant was also in Blake seven and Barbara young was also in I claudius

[@simone-iy2bx]

Bill Waddington was born in Rotherham, same as Lynne Perrie

[@normanbloom]

Are some Peter Adamson in a play here in Toronto he played in the stage version of run for your wife retirement gold across the street to the restaurant from the theater

[@sophiegeorge2816]

I stopped watching it years ago and I don’t watch any tv now as there’s nothing to watch

[@dilwich]

By 2000 Corries best years were over and now it's utter rubbish.

[@brynleyoakley6990]

No fun in the soaps anymore. Depression to watch now. Haven't watched for years.

[@adamsmith8307]

This is all so sad.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

I still watch coronation Street. I don't like emmerdale and I really dislike eastenders

[@lesleybriers3679]

Classic coronation st on it’s still good

[@pamelawhiteside2139]

He was very much loved by all and when he paid the roll of Stan and Ogden and his acting wife of sham Ogden she was beautiful I loved all the people who stated in coronation street for many many years and I am still watching it I think Ken Barlow is the longest serving star in coronation street and Rita is the last two who were the longest ones left all e i remember her in brook side close

[@02bher1]

She was my favorite character hands down.

[@pamelawhiteside2139]

Even one loved pay Phoenix

[@kevintraynor4508]

Sad that no corrie cast members went to Peter Adamsons funeral. The articles he wrote must have been harsh

[@lizvickers7156]

It was the other stuff that he was accused of as to why none of the cast members went to his funeral.