Devastated fans hit out at Coronation Street as iconic character’s death is confirmed

Coronation Street viewers person deed retired astatine the ITV soap pursuing the quality that Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) is to beryllium killed off, 40 years aft her debut.

Earlier today, Metro exclusively revealed that the fan-favourite will person a heartbreaking dementia diagnosis successful the coming months, that volition predominate storylines passim 2025.

‘It’s 1 of the show’s biggest storylines of the year, and a existent accidental for Sue to yet get her clip successful the spotlight – it volition conscionable beryllium devastating for fans that it volition efficaciously beryllium her last storyline’ a root told us.

‘It’s 1 of galore large storylines caller boss Kate Brooks has successful the bag, and determination volition not beryllium a adust oculus successful the house.

‘There is nary uncertainty successful the Corrie household that she volition springiness the show of a beingness and marque Debbie’s exit 1 to retrieve for years.’

Debbie arrived connected the cobbles successful 1984, though lone lived astatine No. 11 Coronation Street for six months earlier her dada Bill (Peter Armitage) sold up and moved to Southampton with his caller wife.

In the intervening years she was often mentioned, though wouldn’t instrumentality on-screen until 2019. Her abbreviated reprisal proved fashionable and she was re-introduced the pursuing twelvemonth successful a regular capableness – this clip working with ruthless spot tycoon Ray Crosby (Mark Frost).

Now, up of the hotelier’s affectional exit storyline, Metro readers person expressed their upset astatine soap boss’ determination to termination her off.

Over connected X, idiosyncratic @michellepryde wrote: ‘NO. This cannot be. Debbie is 1 of the BEST characters connected the soap. Completely underused. Absolutely gutted astir this news.’

@phabianz reflected: ‘I’ve had clip to reflect. Sue volition perfectly nail this storyline and it gives Debbie, Kev and Abi a large storyline implicit 2025.

‘Deb is benignant of isolated but she ever fits successful anyplace and [Kate Brooks] was down the Ashley dementia storyline [in Emmerdale]. It volition beryllium a genuinely bully storyline.’

Soap instrumentality @adjalf1 echoed the supra comment, writing: ‘I dont ticker Corrie anymore but one volition decidedly tune successful to ticker this storyline. I truly anticipation they bash it justness similar Ashley’s dementia successful #Emmerdale.

‘Cant hold to spot Sue represent Debbie with dementia, shes going to bash specified a bully job.’

‘Ngl I’m crying a small conscionable speechmaking the article, shes specified a amusive character, seeing this hap to her & the histrion is fantastic truthful she’ll play it good but its going to beryllium truthful bittersweet to watch’ wrote @Blockbustargal.

With devastated reactions from viewers climbing by the infinitesimal successful effect to our soap’s exertion Duncan Lindsay’s archetypal post, it’s harmless to accidental that this isn’t a determination that has gone down good with the fanbase!

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