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Coronation Street star dies

Actor Geoffrey Hughes loses his fight with cancer

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Tributes for TV star Geoffrey Hughes

Colleagues have been paying tribute to the actor Geoffrey Hughes who's died aged 68.

The star with his distinctive scouse accent became a household name, appearing in televison classics such as Heartbeat and the Royle Family.

But as, Rob Jaskowski reports, he's probably best known for his character Eddie Yates in Coronation Street:-

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