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29 October, 2007 at 9:33 pm #8404
Vera Duckworth is to be killed off in a tear-jerking Coronation Street storyline to be screened early next year, ITV has announced.
Her departure will be filmed in secret and viewers will not know how she dies until they watch her final episode.Liz Dawn, 68, who has played Vera for more than three decades, is leaving the soap due to ill-health.
A lifelong smoker, the actress was diagnosed with lung disease emphysema five years ago.
Dawn revealed the disease had taken such a toll that she was barely able to walk across the set and nearly collapsed while at Buckingham Palace to collect her MBE in 2000.
Dramatic finale
The decision to kill off the character was taken after long consultation between producer Steve Frost, executive producer Kieran Roberts and the actress herself.
They all felt it was better to have a dramatic finale rather than compromise the characters of Vera and her husband Jack by having Dawn come back for occasional guest appearances in the future.
“It is going to be very emotional filming Vera’s death scenes but I do think it is the right decision for the character,” Dawn said.
Prince Charles visited the set of the soap on its 40th anniversary
“Steve Frost and Kieran Roberts were very respectful about how I would feel about Vera dying and we talked about it at length before we made the final decision.
“I have had 33 marvellous years in Coronation Street and will miss everyone very much,” she said.
Alternate endings
The soap’s producers are so keen to keep Vera’s cause of death under wraps that three alternative endings have been written.
Letters have also been sent to newspapers and magazines asking them not to leak any details of what happens to the character.
Producer Steve Frost said: “After discussions with Liz Dawn we have settled on a heart-breaking exit story which will see Vera leave Coronation Street in 2008.
“Liz’s contribution to Coronation Street has been quite remarkable.
“She has played Vera, one of the most loved characters on British television, for 33 years and she will be missed enormously, by everyone who works with her on the show and by millions and millions of viewers,” he said.
Thank god for that, not sure i could stand many more years of “ooooh our jack”
29 October, 2007 at 10:50 pm #292399Its gonna be well sad, and I will cry for England!!
She is an icon, and I love her. :wink:
29 October, 2007 at 10:52 pm #292400:shock: I prefer Deidre Barlow 8)
29 October, 2007 at 11:57 pm #292401@*Sian wrote:
:shock: I prefer Deidre Barlow 8)
We had this debate in our house earlier when the news of vera “broke”… I was like “the Duckworths are brill………….. they have staying power” but other half (ten years older and watched much more than me) corrected me and said Ken would be the icon because of time served.
No way! Vera and Jack have gone through thick and thin and only married once!
Its gonna be a real tear jerker…. I may have to watch it alone away from the pi/ss taking family lol!
30 October, 2007 at 12:32 am #292402just watch it on uk gold.. she won’t be leaving for another 6 or 7 years on that
30 October, 2007 at 3:08 am #292403I have been told how she dies….
Shall i tell you? :wink:
I’ve been sworn to secrecy though! :-#
It involved David Platt! :-
And believe it or not Ken Barlow is there! :D/
Poor Jack!
I won’t spoil the storyline! [-o<
But it’s good! In fact, it’s that good, i even cried myself. :oops:
30 October, 2007 at 3:16 am #292404oh you tease :roll:
30 October, 2007 at 3:19 am #29240530 October, 2007 at 3:27 am #292406well i’ve been called a lot of things but sarcastic never im soo well shocked lmaooo :wink:
30 October, 2007 at 3:29 am #292407It was meant to be an insult. :-
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