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Tributes pour in for Coronation Street creator Tony Warren who sadly passed away aged 79




A number of tributes have been paid to Coronation Street creator and writer Tony Warren who has sadly died aged 79.

Warren, who started the world famous soap opera in 1960 sadly passed away on Tuesday after a short illness. Born in Lancashire in the West of England 1936, Warren created a international icon which told the stories of residents on Manchester street, Warren wrote episodes for the ITV soap until the late 1970s.

Veteran actor William Roache, (Ken Barlow) who has been in the soap since the first episode, said Warren would be “so desperately missed”, whilst Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts called Warren “a pioneer, a revolutionary, a true genius [and] a giant of British television

Roache also described the writer, who continued to visit the soap’s set in Trafford until recently, as the “father” of the soap. An emotional Roache said: “When I first met Tony, I couldn’t quite believe he’d created and written Coronation Street, because he was no more than a young boy.” He added the writer had a “boyish energy” that never left him: “I loved Tony’s energy. He was the father of Coronation Street and he gave us all so much.”

Meanwhile fellow cast member Helen Worth, who worked alongside Warren for 42 years as the character Gail McIntyre, said Warren was “a genius of our time [and] the dearest, funniest and most inspirational man of his generation”. “He brought real life into our homes for us all to relate to and enjoy. He will, of course, live on forever through Coronation Street.”

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