Corrie star Bill Tarmey dies
Former Coronation Street actor Bill Tarmey has died aged 71 in Tenerife. He played Jack Duckworth on the ITV1 soap for 31 years. The show says the cast and crew are "devastated."
Bill projected his warmth onto Jack Duckworth
The actor who plays Coronation Street's longest-standing character Ken Barlow has said that Bill Tarmey always projected his warmth onto his character Jack.
William Roach said Bill "wasn't brilliant" at remembering his lines, but that when he delivered them it was "just perfection".
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Bill Tarmey: His life on and off the Street
A look back at Bill Tarmey's life before and after he walked down the famous pebbles of Coronation Street.
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Tributes paid to 'father figure' both on and off screen
Fellow Coronation Street actors have remembered Bill Tarmey as a caring father figure both on and off screen.
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Coronation Street star Bill Tarmey dies
Former Coronation Street star Bill Tarmey, who played Jack Duckworth in the soap, died this morning in Tenerife aged 71, his family said.