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Old 15-06-2008, 01:11
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CORRIE legend Bill Tarmey is to Jack it in after 30 years playing the Street’s best-loved rogue.

We can reveal that the popular star has told bosses he will quit as Jack Duckworth after he reaches the landmark anniversary next year.

His departure follows the break-up of Britain’s greatest soap double act when on-screen wife Liz Dawn, who played Vera Duckworth, left earlier this year.

Last night a pal said Bill, 67. had told bosses that he would sign a new one-year deal in the autumn but it will be his LAST.

“He wants to get to three decades in Corrie, which is a huge achievement. Bill’s not getting any younger and wants to enjoy retirement. He’s got a place in Tenerife and is looking forward to being out there,” added the pal.

“He is not in the best of health and does find the workload on Corrie very tiring.”

The £180,000-a-year star has made slacker Jack Duckworth into one of soap’s most enduring characters. He first appeared in the Street in November 1979, when Vera dragged him to Brian and Gail Tilsley’s wedding—only to have him sneak off for a pint.

Together they provided classic Corrie moments.

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He briefly owned his beloved Rovers, and in another memorable storyline he was arrested for unwittingly growing pot on his allotment.

And millions tuned in to see Jack say an emotional goodbye to Vera when she died in January. But Bill himself has been dogged by ill-health in real life for years. He suffered a stroke at 36 and was given ten years to live after a heart bypass in 1986.

He needed another bypass in 2002 and had to be brought back to life when his heart stopped after the eight-hour op.

But Bill always refused to give up smoking and has no regrets.

He once said: “If I die tomorrow, they’ll have to prise the smile off my face because I’ve had such a good life.”

A Corrie source told us they were still hoping they could get him to stay on—at least to the show’s 50th anniversary in 2010.

But he added: “If Bill decides to go he will be hugely missed. He has been a huge part of the show for many years.”

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/1506_bill_tarmey.shtml
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Old 15-06-2008, 01:14
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Aww Jack can't go as well I suppose if that's what he wants, he should do what he thinks is right, but it will be so sad to see him go
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Old 15-06-2008, 01:42
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Another one bites the dust! Corrie has lost a lot of good, long-standing characters these last few years:

Curly Watts (1983 -2003)
Martin Platt (1985 -2005)
Mike Baldwin (1976 - 2006)
Fred Elliott (1994 - 2006)
Vera Duckworth (1974 - 2008)

It's a real shame that Bill is calling it a day. Saying that, Jack just isn't the same without Vera.
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Old 15-06-2008, 02:01
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ill be reaal sad if jack goes

i thought they had big plans for him?
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Old 15-06-2008, 02:09
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awwwww i don't want Jack to go but like they say he isn't getting any yonger and needs to get off and enjoy the rest of his life and if unfortunatly that means Bill leaving Corrie then so be it and i wish him a happy retirement when he goes
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Old 15-06-2008, 02:58
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Another one bites the dust! Corrie has lost a lot of good, long-standing characters these last few years:

Curly Watts (1983 -2003)
Martin Platt (1985 -2005)
Mike Baldwin (1976 - 2006)
Fred Elliott (1994 - 2006)
Vera Duckworth (1974 - 2008)

It's a real shame that Bill is calling it a day. Saying that, Jack just isn't the same without Vera.
Not forgetting Alma (1982, 1989 - 2001).
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Old 15-06-2008, 07:19
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Hardly surprising, if true, of course. Some of the FMs here predicted that it wouldn't be long before he followed Dawn out the door.
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Old 15-06-2008, 07:31
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Awww no
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Old 15-06-2008, 07:46
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Sorry to hear this,but not surprised as he does not keep very well. Will miss him, always been one of my favourites.
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Old 15-06-2008, 10:05
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Bye Jack. Not as sad as Vera leaving thats for sure.
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Old 15-06-2008, 10:07
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Aww Jack's a legend!
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Old 15-06-2008, 10:26
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i hope the guy doesnt go. jack's always been there.
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Old 15-06-2008, 11:18
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Hes a great guy, almost a legend, and no doubt will be missed.

However, this is the nature of soap.

Hes dead wood now without vera. Unless they pair him up with Rita or Emily, theres sod all for him to do but drink in the rovers and be caught up in boring storylines.
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Old 15-06-2008, 11:19
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I still say he should have left with Vera in January, but whatevs.
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Old 15-06-2008, 11:42
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Sad but inevitable after Liz Dawn left

I'm sure I read somewhere a couple of years ago that Bill Tarmey said if Liz ever left he would soon follow.
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Old 15-06-2008, 11:50
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We'll miss you Jack.

He isn't being given any decent storylines though now is he?

Come to think of it, there probably aren't any decent storylines for anybody!!
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Old 15-06-2008, 11:56
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They should bring in a family for him.

Perhaps an earthquake in Australia unearths a time capsule, where a document is found saying that his mum has given birth to another son. The Australian family come over to Coronation Street to meet him, but sadly, his brother passes away of a heart attack a few weeks later, meaning Jack has to look after his extended family, and his sister in law is very religious so she doesn't like him gambling etc
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Old 15-06-2008, 12:24
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Sad but inevitable after Liz Dawn left

I'm sure I read somewhere a couple of years ago that Bill Tarmey said if Liz ever left he would soon follow.
Apparantly it was written in their contracts that if Liz quit then Bill would leave with her but because Liz's desision came out of the blue and she didn't discuss it with Bill before suggesting it to Steve Frost then Steve agreed to let Bill stay on at his own wishes.
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Old 15-06-2008, 12:25
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They should bring in a family for him.

Perhaps an earthquake in Australia unearths a time capsule, where a document is found saying that his mum has given birth to another son. The Australian family come over to Coronation Street to meet him, but sadly, his brother passes away of a heart attack a few weeks later, meaning Jack has to look after his extended family, and his sister in law is very religious so she doesn't like him gambling etc
You've been watching too much Home and Away
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Old 15-06-2008, 12:27
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You've been watching too much Home and Away
Okay, so it doesn't need to be a direct copy of that storyline, but a surprise family would give him something to do.

Even if he found out he was Gail / Dedries father
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Old 15-06-2008, 14:34
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I still say he should have left with Vera in January, but whatevs.
As much as Vera's exit storyline was heartbreaking I agree, I would've loved to have seen them both leave for a happy ending in Blackpool.
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