BREAKING NEWS: Coronation Street Actress Liz Dawn who Played Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street, for 34 years Dies aged 77, After a Long Battle with Emphysema
- Liz Dawn played battleaxe Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street for 34 years
- Much-loved soap actress had been battling lung condition emphysema
- The 77-year-old was recently hospitalised after suffering fluid on the lungs
- Her family said she passed away at home last night surrounded by relatives
- Coronation Street co-stars say she brought 'so much joy to so many people'
BBC, 26 Sept 2017.
Actress Liz Dawn, who played battleaxe Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street for 34 years, has died aged 77, her family revealed today.
The actress, who was one of Britain's most loved soap stars, 'brought so much joy and happiness to so many', her heartbroken fellow cast members said today.
Liz, who first appeared in Coronation Street in 1974 and was best known for her partnership husband Jack, played by the late Bill Tarmey, became one of the most famous faces on national TV.
In recent years she had been battling the debilitating lung condition emphysema after years of smoking and left Corrie in 2008
This month she was rushed to hospital after fluid built-up on her lungs and she never fully recovered.
Her family said in a statement:
'We are devastated and heartbroken at the passing of our much-loved wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother, the incredible Liz Dawn.
'Liz died peacefully last night at home with her loving family around her. She has been the love, light and inspiration in our lives and we are bereft at her passing.'
Liz Dawn, who played Coronation's Street's Vera Duckworth for three decades, has died aged 77, her family announced today
Liz Dawn, left in 2010 and right in 2014, had been restricted to a wheelchair and was housebound after a recent hospital admission
Liz as Vera with Bill Tarmey as on-screen husband Jack Duckworth in the Rovers Return in 1983
Vera was a thorn in the side of her husband Jack, pictured together in 2010, and the couple provided some of the show's most memorable moments
Corrie stars have rushed to pay tribute to the national treasure, who had been suffering with illness in recent years;
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