RIP Coronation Street Star Maggie Jones, Your Life In Pictures

RIP Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones. You were Blanche Hunt, Deidre Barlow’s mum. “You need to learn to enjoy other people’s misfortune; otherwise, you’re going to have a very unhappy old age” – that was you.

Says ITV:

“Maggie, who has played battle-axe pensioner Blanche Hunt since 1974, died at the Salford Royal Hospital where she has been treated since falling ill in October. Maggie had been making a slow recovery but her condition deteriorated early Wednesday morning and she passed away peacefully in her sleep.”

Pictures of her career:

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Andrew Whyment (character name Kirk Sutherland) arrives at the memorial service for the late Maggie Jones who played legendary Coronation Street battle-axe Blanche Hunt at Salford Cathedral, Manchester.

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Posted: 2nd, December 2009 | In: Celebrities Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink