Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) has died

biko · 20-01-2015 12:02AM

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

RIP anyhoo

Aircraft Freak · 20-01-2015 12:03AM

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

How Soon Is Now · 20-01-2015 12:10AM

Her glasses will end up in a museum somewhere!

KungPao · 20-01-2015 12:50AM

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.

Gael23 · 20-01-2015 01:11AM

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 · 20-01-2015 01:13AM

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.

Donkey Oaty · 20-01-2015 01:38AM

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.

Gael23 · 20-01-2015 08:43AM

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

anncoates · 20-01-2015 08:46AM

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

leahyl · 20-01-2015 09:29AM

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

20-01-2015 09:41AM

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.

Gael23 · 20-01-2015 10:16AM

Deleted User wrote: »

You do know valium is for anxiety, not depression.

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

ongarboy · 20-01-2015 10:37AM

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.

YFlyer · 20-01-2015 10:41AM

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.

BeerWolf · 20-01-2015 10:48AM

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!

RIP

Donkey Oaty · 20-01-2015 11:01AM

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.

jimgoose · 20-01-2015 11:05AM

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

Captain Chaos · 20-01-2015 11:13AM

BMJD wrote: »

My first fap. Sleep well, my gravel throated princess.

She had throat cancer back in 1993.

Wichita Lineman · 20-01-2015 11:19AM

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.

Odyssey 2005 · 20-01-2015 11:23AM

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

jmayo · 20-01-2015 11:37AM

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: »

...
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.

WoollyRedHat · 20-01-2015 12:07PM

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!

VinLieger · 20-01-2015 01:19PM

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

Ann22 · 20-01-2015 03:24PM

Captain Chaos wrote:

She had throat cancer back in 1993.

She had Hodgkins Lymphoma.

liz lemoncello · 20-01-2015 04:49PM

ongarboy wrote: »

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

Emily is still around too.

Magico Gonzalez · 20-01-2015 04:55PM

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

20-01-2015 05:22PM

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.

Yakuza · 22-01-2015 01:56PM

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.

Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) has died

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