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Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) has died

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    #62
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Damn, wish I hadn't missed all the episodes of Corrie ever.

    RIP anyhoo


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    #63
    Aircraft Freak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭Aircraft Freak


    RIP our favourite cardassian, will always remember you in DS9.


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    #64
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users Posts: 13,109 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    Her glasses will end up in a museum somewhere!


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    #65
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    liz lemoncello wrote: »
    Just the other day I read this about her possibly quitting the show for good.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2914757/Anne-Kirkbride-prepares-say-farewell-Deidre-Barlow-considers-quitting-Coronation-Street.html
    The Edge, of U2 fame, doesn't look so healthy either there.


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    #66
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,094 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    It says she died after a short illness. I don't want to fuel speculation but it seems to have been very sudden given that the daily mail article was written only a few days ago.


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    #67
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭KungPao


    ryanf1 wrote: »
    It says she died after a short illness. I don't want to fuel speculation but it seems to have been very sudden given that the daily mail article was written only a few days ago.
    Yeah, looks like a 'personal tragedy' of sorts.


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    #68
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    ryanf1 wrote: »
    It says she died after a short illness. I don't want to fuel speculation but it seems to have been very sudden given that the daily mail article was written only a few days ago.
    KungPao wrote: »
    Yeah, looks like a 'personal tragedy' of sorts.

    It is reported by the Daily Mirror that she died of a brain tumour, and spent the last few days of her life in a hospice.


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    #69
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,094 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Donkey Oaty wrote: »
    It is reported by the Daily Mirror that she died of a brain tumour, and spent the last few days of her life in a hospice.

    Maybe she did and I know a brain tumour kills very fast. But when someone suffers from depression to the extent they are on valium you tend to instantly read between the lines


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    #70
    anncoates
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    Every time i see her face I think of TRACEY being screamed in a Mancunian accent.


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    #71
    leahyl
    Registered Users Posts: 14,250 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    RIP Anne, you will be missed on the cobbles of Coronation Street :(


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    #72
    [Deleted User]
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    ryanf1 wrote: »
    Maybe she did and I know a brain tumour kills very fast. But when someone suffers from depression to the extent they are on valium you tend to instantly read between the lines

    You do know valium is for anxiety, not depression.


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    #73
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,094 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You do know valium is for anxiety, not depression.

    I didn't fully but it is also an addictive drug.


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    #74
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Sad to hear of her passing too. Even though I don't watch the show nowadays, I feel she was one of those TV constants that has always been around from our childhood. Showing my age but I too remember the Mike/Ken/Deirdre love triangle from over 30 years ago. I also remember the gripping storyline where she was sent to jail as she cried "I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING".

    Must be only Ken and Rita left from the early years now.


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    #75
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    biko wrote: »
    Damn, wish I hadn't missed all the episodes of Corrie ever.

    RIP anyhoo

    You could catch up over a long weekend. The brain may go to mush tho.


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    #76
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Haven't watched a single episode of Coronation Street, or any Soaps for that matter... like East Enders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Home and Away... etc.

    They just bore the hell out of me from what little I've seen that my sister watched, with their dreary settings and boring stories of everyday affaires of people and what not...

    That being said, Anne having worked for the show since 16 shows some real commitment! :o

    RIP


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    #77
    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    boring stories

    Corrie has not been afraid to present viewers with appalling and shocking things like rape, murder and Keith Duffy's acting ability.


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    #78
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,176 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Poor Our Deirdre. Ms. Kirkbride was a nice lady, and taken too young. A-oop lass. :(


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    #79
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    BMJD wrote: »
    My first fap. Sleep well, my gravel throated princess.

    She had throat cancer back in 1993.


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    #80
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Shocked she was only 60, thought she was much older. Havent watched Corrie properly for ages but no doubt she will be missed from the show.


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    #81
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Donkey Oaty wrote: »
    Corrie has not been afraid to present viewers with appalling and shocking things like rape, murder and Keith Duffy's acting ability.

    Surely you mean inability..:p


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    #82
    jmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,175 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    Truffle Pig wrote: »
    Jaysis, she worked on that show since she was 16!

    I first remember her when she was married to some lad who fecked off to Germany or something.
    My parents always watched and in the days when we had one telly and two channels there wasn't much of a choice but watch it or tune in to Radio Luxemburg.

    I always thought she was older ?

    BTW the mental issues she was exhibiting (according to that daily mail article) could be actually down to brain tumour.
    It can sometimes cause people to act eractically.

    ongarboy wrote: »
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    Must be only Ken and Rita left from the early years now.

    Ken was in the show for 10 odd years longer as he is there from the very start.

    I am not allowed discuss …



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    #83
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    YFlyer wrote: »
    You could catch up over a long weekend. The brain may go to mush tho.

    It can't be done, it's impossible and madness to boot!


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    #84
    VinLieger
    Registered Users Posts: 17,802 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Really seems to me that a lot of people and media outlets are mourning the loss of the character than the actress herself


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    #85
    Ann22
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭Ann22


    Captain Chaos wrote:
    She had throat cancer back in 1993.


    She had Hodgkins Lymphoma.


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    #86
    liz lemoncello
    Registered Users Posts: 247 ✭✭liz lemoncello


    ongarboy wrote: »

    Must be only Ken and Rita left from the early years now.

    Emily is still around too.


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    #87
    Magico Gonzalez
    Registered Users Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Magico Gonzalez


    deirdre rashid barlow....free the weatherfield one. That was about the last time I watched the show. Shame, too young.


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    #88
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Really seems to me that a lot of people and media outlets are mourning the loss of the character than the actress herself

    Most people grew up with the character exclusively though. There was no twitter or anything back then and as far as I'm aware, she wasn't in much else of note. People have watched the Deirdre character since the 70's. Actually speaks volumes to Anne's work that she portrayed the character so well.


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    #89
    Yakuza
    Registered Users Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    YFlyer wrote: »
    You could catch up over a long weekend. The brain may go to mush tho.

    A bit OT, but there have been 8500 episodes transmitted since it started, so assuming 22 mins of content per ep (30 min slot, skipping credits and ad breaks) that's around 130 days' content to watch it from end to end, and that's without sleeping, eating, or performing any ablutions. As they say "Up Naath" , "ya'd be in a raaaht botha" after doing that.


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