Coronation Road actress Carol Royle says her ‘coronary heart is aching’ following the loss of life of her husband of virtually 5 a long time.

The actress, who performs Anthea Deering within the ITV cleaning soap, revealed on social media that her husband Julian Spear died of a sudden mind haemorrhage on Monday, 9 December, after leaping right into a freezing swimming pool.

In an announcement the 70-year-old mentioned “I’m desperately sorry to publish that we misplaced my great husband, Julian Spear on ninth December.

“Completely match man however jumped right into a freezing pool which he assumed was heated as per ordinary yesterday, and he developed a sudden huge mind haemorrhage – our hearts are aching.”

Carol, who’s initially from Blackpool, Lancashire, joined the cobbles in 2024 having beforehand starred in a number of episodes of Casualty, Medical doctors and The Invoice.

Her companion Julian, who she shared two kids with, was a musician and the son of actor Bernard Spear, who starred within the Dick Van Dyke traditional Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

As Head of Promotions for music firm Phonogram, Julian labored alongside the likes of Elton John, Tears for Fears and Bon Jovi throughout his profession.

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