Coronation Street legend to die after 27 years in shock move by TV bosses

Coronation Street is acceptable to termination disconnected Les Battersby 27 years aft his arguable debut mode backmost successful 1997.

Bad quality astir the character, played for a decennary by Bruce Jones, volition scope his daughters Leanne (Jane Danson) and Toyah (Georgia Taylor), aboriginal adjacent month, Metro.co.uk tin confirm.

It’s a storyline that volition footwear disconnected much turbulence for the sisters, who person already had a twelvemonth packed with infidelity, baby tragedy and *checks notes* a sinister cult.

The Battersbys – which besides included Vicky Entwistle’s Janice – landed connected the cobbles successful 1997, to an contiguous instrumentality and property backlash.

For immoderate time, the clan was mostly hated for their neighbours from hellhole schtick but, implicit time, the characters developed and became somewhat much grounded.

However, Les remained a lout passim astir of his tenure, swinging his fists around, cheating connected his woman and exhibiting bullying behaviour and transphobic and homophobic bigotry.

Actor Bruce, 71, was initially fto spell from the soap for off-set behaviour, and allegedly insulting fans and yet revealing plots.

His vocation has taken rather a antithetic way these days, as helium present partakes successful nonrecreational wrestling.

But Corrie is ne'er acold distant from him, arsenic 1 of his astir notable opponents was chap 90s icon Steve Arnold, amended known arsenic Ashley Peacock.

The stars thrilled a 200-strong assemblage with a bout (which Bruce won) earlier grinning and hugging each other, evidently inactive friends decades on.

Coronation Street appeared to marque a notation to this recently, with an update connected Les being helium was drunk astatine a wrestling match.

Recently, Bruce admitted that helium inactive has nightmares aft helium was wrongly accused of being the Yorkshire Ripper.

He became a fishy during Peter Sutcliffe’s murdering spree successful the 70s aft discovering 1 of the bodies.

In 1981, Sutcliffe was recovered blameworthy of murdering 13 women and attempting to execution 7 others betwixt 1975 and 1980.

Bruce recovered the assemblage of the 5th victim- 20-year-old Jean Jordan, astatine an allotment successful Manchester successful 1977. He had been moving determination with a person erstwhile the harrowing find was made.

Speaking successful the documentary The Dark Side Of Fame, the histrion said: ‘It really destroyed maine to larn that radical tin bash that to a quality being. 

‘I had nightmares similar you wouldn’t believe.’

It is not known however Bruce feels astir his alter-ego being fixed a imperishable off-screen exit, but a root claimed to the Sun that it is apt to beryllium seen arsenic a ‘snub’.

‘Bruce created 1 of the Street’s most iconic characters successful Les and ever hoped 1 time helium mightiness return,’ they told the publication.

‘A batch of the formed and unit person said it’s a spot mean. Bruce has been precise captious of the show, and the writers ne'er forget.’

Coronation Street spokespersons don’t remark connected aboriginal storylines but viewers tin expect to spot the storyline unfold astatine the extremity of November.

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