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	Vera Duckworth

valann 47

1-19-2008 5:36 AM

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Another good character bites the dust

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Veteran Coronation Street character Vera Duckworth has made her final appearance in the long-running soap opera.   </B>
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<FONT size="2">Vera, who has been played by actress Liz Dawn since 1974, died in an armchair as husband Jack had a pint in the Rovers Return.
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<FONT size="2">Three different death scenes had been written, with the final end filmed under tight security.
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<FONT size="2">Dawn, 68, is retiring because she suffers from chronic lung disease.
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<FONT size="2"><B>'Wonderful woman'</B>
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<FONT size="2">She said: "I have had 33 marvellous years in Coronation Street and will miss everyone very much.
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<FONT size="2">"It was very emotional filming Vera's death scenes but I do think it was the right decision for the character."
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				<DIV class="cap">Vera's best friend was Ivy Tilsley</DIV>
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<FONT size="2">Actor Bill Tarmey, who has played her husband Jack for almost 30 years, called Dawn a "wonderful woman".</FONT></P></TD></TR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0A64A175-D5F7-46C6-86EC-6D050233DA77/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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