Coronation Street stars pay respects to Bill Tarmey
Coronation Street stars have attended the funeral of Bill Tarmey, who played the soap's Jack Duckworth for three decades.
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Coronation Street stars bid farewell to Bill Tarmey
Coronation Street stars and fans have bid farewell to actor Bill Tarmey at his funeral. Tarmey played the loveable, pigeon-fancying rogue Jack Duckworth for three decades.
ITV News' Nina Nannar reports:
Coronation Street stars pay respects to Bill Tarmey
Coronation Street stars have attended the funeral of Bill Tarmey, who played the soap's Jack Duckworth for three decades.
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Corrie stars pay tribute to Bill Tarmey at his funeral
Coronation Street star Bill Tarmey's funeral service has taken place in Manchester.
Tarmey - who played the lovable pigeon-fancier Jack Duckworth for three decades - died earlier this month, aged 71, while on holiday in Tenerife.
Samia Ghadie who plays Maria in the soap and Nigel Pivaro who played Terry Duckworth paid emotional tributes to the actor.
Bill Tarmey's coffin is carried into church
Bill Roache arrives for Bill Tarmey's funeral
Bill Roache who plays Ken Barlow on Coronation Street has arrived for Bill Tarmey's funeral at the Albion United Reform Church in Manchester.
Corrie star to pay tribute to Bill Tarmey on behalf of cast
Samia Ghadie who plays Maria in Coronation Street, arrives for Bill Tarmey's funeral where she will pay tribute to him on behalf of the cast.
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Coronation Street bids farewell to Bill Tarmey
Stars and fans of Coronation Street will say goodbye to actor Bill Tarmey today at his funeral.
Tarmey - who played the lovable pigeon-fancier Jack Duckworth for three decades - died earlier this month, aged 71, while on holiday in Tenerife.
Corrie's Executive Director Kieran Roberts said the character of Jack Duckworth was "right up there" among the greatest legends of the soap.
Tarmey, a former builder, dreamed of becoming a singer and was eking out a living as a crooner in working men's clubs before joining Corrie in 1977 as an extra.
It wasn't until two years later that Tarmey landed the role of Jack Duckworth, and a legendary Street partnership - Jack and Vera - was in the making.
Bill Roache pays tribute to late star
Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, has paid tribute to his late co-star Bill Tarmey, describing the actor as "one of the top few legendary characters that the theatre has produced" in an obituary he wrote in The Sun.
"I’ve known Bill many, many years, and he was always friendly and warm," Mr. Roache wrote. "We used to have a joke about my singing. I can’t sing and he was a really, really good singer.
"He sang with the Hallé Orchestra and he also produced albums."
"He was always good-natured, always warm. He was a rock. He was one of those people who was like a father figure. He always had the sensible answer to things.
"Just a lovely man to have around and I feel really, really sad even though we knew he had been ill and his health wasn’t good."
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