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28-02-2021, 12:42 PM
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Coronation Street star Johnny Briggs dies aged 85

Many on here who follow the soaps will remember Johnny Briggs of Coronation Street fame.

Actor Johnny Briggs, who played Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street for 30 years, has died aged 85.

In a statement his family said he had died peacefully after "a long illness, with family by his side".

They asked for privacy to grieve and "remember the wonderful times we had with him".


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56229247

RIP Johnny Briggs
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28-02-2021, 12:52 PM
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Re: Coronation Street star Johnny Briggs dies aged 85

To be honest, I thought he'd died years ago. Guess I got fiction mixed up with reality.

Anyway, RIP.
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28-02-2021, 01:05 PM
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Aww that's a shame, I remember him, and thought the character he played was interesting. Loved Corrie back then.
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28-02-2021, 01:14 PM
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Not that I've ever personally been a "soaps" fan but I remember family watching back in the day.
At one time it seemed that watching Corrie was almost compulsory and it's during that period in time that Johnnie was at his most popular, I think.
RIP Johnny Briggs.
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28-02-2021, 01:23 PM
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Remember Mike Baldwin and Ken Barlow fighting over "Dreary" years ago.RIP.
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28-02-2021, 01:26 PM
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I had stopped watching Coronation Street well before Mike Baldwin's days, but I do seem to remember him as a navigator in 633 Squadron?

RIP Johnny...
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28-02-2021, 01:32 PM
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I remember him best as Raymond Francis's sidekick in "No Hiding Place".

R.I.P.
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28-02-2021, 05:04 PM
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RIP Johnny.
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