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Anne Kirkbride, Coronation Street's Deidre Barlow, dies aged 60 ca99

19 January 2015 Last updated at 22:06

Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride, who played the character Deirdre Barlow in the long-running television soap, has died aged 60 after a short illness.

ITV said the actress, who was in the show for 44 years, passed away peacefully in a Manchester hospital.

Her husband David Beckett and the programme's cast and crew were said to be "heartbroken and deeply saddened".

Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts said: "We feel blessed and honoured to have known her."

He added: "There are no words to describe the sense of grief we feel at Anne's passing. We know only too acutely how much Anne meant to the millions of people who watched her create the legendary character of Deirdre Barlow.

"She will be greatly missed by the Coronation Street team who share happy memories of working with her. Our thoughts are with David and their family."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30891246

ca99 RIP

ca99

I am so sad, this is why she has not been in the programme then, I did not know she was ill.
I know she had been ill several years ago.

That was a shock this morning, I met her last year when I was in Annie's ( Jenny McAlpine's(Fiz)restaurant) in Manchester. Nice lady!
Thinking of the family
ca99 RIP

ca99

It is so sad. She really was a wonderful lady and will be sorely missed.

thinking of her friends and family

ca99