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Blanche from Coronation Street has died. She'll be sorely missed.

F

She played Blanche brilliantly. I shall miss her.

OMD's..i knew that she had be ill

So sad

She always had me lauging with her antics .
R.I.P. Maggie
Hazelx

Awww I am very sad to hear that,. She was brilliant. BCX

Oh what a shame. She was one of my fav characters, along with Norris....

RIP

I loved her one-liners, scathing and cutting, but absolutely brilliant delivery. RIP. She'll be missed.


I was saying to OH only a couple of weeks ago, they've got to start killing the old ones off soon....

So sad to hear this news. 'Blanche' had the best 'one-liners' on telly, and her deliverence was always spot on. RIP
Will miss you
Julia in Derbyshire

OMG Hayley will be devastated
Blanche was her heroine
RIP Blanche

Oh that is sad, a brilliant actress.

oh. She gave us a laugh on there.

Actress Maggie Jones who played Blanche Hunt in Coronation Street has died aged 75

Actress Maggie Jones, best known for her role as Coronation Street matriarch Blanche Hunt, has died at the age of 75.

She died this morning after failing to recover from an emergency life-saving operation in October after she was rushed to the Hope Hospital in Manchester.

She had been making a slow recovery but her condition deteriorated early Wednesday morning and she passed away peacefully in her sleep.

The ITV soap's scriptwriters were forced to hastily write her out of upcoming scripts after she had to pull out of filming after being admitted to hospital for the surgery.

Earlier this month, Jones was said to be in a critical condition after the surgery but Coronation Street producers later said she was starting to improve.

An ITV representative added that the actress was "continuing in the same direction" as she continued to be cared for at the Salford hospital.

Today, William Roache, the actor who plays Ken Barlow, her on-screen son-in-law, played tribute to her.

He said: ‘Maggie was a big part of the Barlow family and a brilliant actress. She was a tower of strength, physically frail but mentally strong as an ox and sharp as someone half her age.'

Awww thats sad news .
RIP Blanche
Rosex

that is very sad.....her acting was so believable

RIP

aww thts a great loss to corra xxx

How sad, Blanche was brilliant in Corrie, she always made me laugh and was a brilliant chief mourner when she used to go to funerals in the show,

it was almost like a day out for her and it used to tickle me & I would imagine that a few people in real life (and on the gr boards) who would also relish bad news and would enjoy a good wake or two :o))))


RIP Maggie xx

That is very sad..I loved the character Blanche and Maggie was such a lovely person.

R.I.P. Maggie. xxx

She made Blanche such a real character.....how sad, I shall miss her.

It was the looks she could give that made me laugh.How sad she has gone.

Awww.......just seen it on the news....... I did think she had got better as she was on an episode a couple of weeks ago when Ken's Grandson's other Grandad and his wife came to the Barlow house for tea......and dear Blanche gave them the low-down on how Dierdre had been in prison and Ken was a philanderer and Peter was an alcoholic and Leanne had been a prostitute.....

.....pure Blanche.......and she did, for the life of her, look like Dierdre's real mother.....

As has been said before, her timing was impeccable......RIP.....