{"id":163120,"date":"2025-11-27T21:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/163120\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T21:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:08:15","slug":"coronation-star-lynne-verrall-dead-aged-76-as-friend-pays-emotional-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/163120\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Star Lynne Verrall dead aged 76 as friend pays emotional tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coronation Street star Lynne Verrall has died aged 76, with her agent paying tribute to the British soap and theatre actor.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_Doctors.jpg\" alt=\"Doctors \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Coronation Street&#8217;s Lynne Verrall has died<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Coronation Street&#8217;s Lynne Verrall has died at the age of 76, her agent has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">The actor was best known for playing Geraldine Spellman <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/coronation-street\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on the cobbles<\/a> in 2017 as well as other theatre and TV roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Lynne played the homophobic mother of Drew Spellman (Tom Godwin) on the ITV soap, which airs on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/virgin-media-ireland\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Virgin Media in Ireland<\/a>, appearing in a number of episodes during her year-long run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">She also appeared in Doctors, Father Brown and ITV drama Innocent, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/lynne-verrall-dead-coronation-street-36314829\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mirror UK<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Her agent and friend Samantha Boyd said in a statement: &#8220;Lynne was always ready to try any role, to grow and learn and develop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">&#8220;She embraced life to the full,&#8221; she told The Stage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/22_06_CORO_GERALDINE_BILLY_02.jpg\" alt=\"Geraldine [LYNNE VERRALL] calls at No.11 and informs Billy Mayhew [DANIEL BROCKLEBANK] and Todd Grimshaw [BRUNO LANGLEY] they are not welcome at Drew's funeral in Coronation Street\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Geraldine [LYNNE VERRALL] calls at No.11 and informs Billy Mayhew [DANIEL BROCKLEBANK] and Todd Grimshaw [BRUNO LANGLEY] they are not welcome at Drew&#8217;s funeral in Coronation Street<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">For the latest news and breaking news visit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/news\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">irishmirror.ie\/news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"irishmirror\">Follow us on Twitter @IrishMirror &#8211; 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