Coronation Street actress Barbara Young has died aged 92 (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
Coronation Street actress Barbara Young has died aged 92.
The late star was known for playing Doreen Fenwick in the long-running ITV soap.
Her daughter, Liza Pulman, has now confirmed that she died peacefully on Thursday (April 27).
Posting a lengthy statement to Facebook, the 54-year-old announced that her ‘beautiful’ mother had ‘slipped away.’
She wrote: ‘Just to let people know, my beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted, talented and singular mother died on Thursday night at 10.30pm.’
‘My sister Cory and I were by her hospital bed for 30 hours straight and in the end, as is so often the case, she slipped away in our absence with a beautiful nurse called Mercy ( you couldn’t write it) caring for her.’
She appeared in Corrie from 2006 until 2007 (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Her role in the soap was her last acting job (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Liza continued: ‘The care she received in those last days at Addenbrookes was remarkable – considered, careful and empathetic – and to a person, they all said how much they had loved my mum, how she had made them laugh and how she had always been interested in them.
‘She was 43 years without my father, 30 years without a cigarette and 20 years without a drink but never without a humbug and I like to think that now, she is sitting with my father having a large dry – martini and a cigarette as she can genuinely do what the f**k she wants now.
‘I am my father’s daughter and those who know me well will know that I am never at a loss for words, but today, I have no words to describe how much I will miss her. You did well mum. Safe travels.
‘Barbara Young – Feb 9th 1931-April 27th 2023 ❤.’
Young also appeared in Family Affairs on Channel 5 (Picture: Channel 5)
Young played Stella in Last of The Summer Wine (Picture: BBC)
As well as her role in Corrie, Young starred in Last of The Summer Wine from 2008 until 2010, and actually had more than 60 acting credits throughout her career.
She played Doreen from 2006 until 2007 but also starred in Channel 5 soap Family Affairs for six years between 1999 and 2005, and played multiple roles in The Bill.
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Her CV also included shows like Dempsey and Makepeace, The Gentle Touch, and Lovejoy.
The cause of her death has not been revealed.
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She played Doreen Fenwick in the ITV soap.