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3rd May 2010: The end of an era for the Barlow family with the news that Blanche Hunt, scourge of the Street and sharp-tongued harridan who "told it like it is", had died whilst on holiday in Portugal. Daughter Deirdre Barlow was genuinely grief-stricken by the death of her acerbic mother but was comforted by a visit from her pensioner friend May Penn who told her that Blanche had fallen in love with a man called Arnold and planned to marry him. Eyebrows were raised to their fullest extent though when May tearfully described Blanche as the nicest person she'd ever met
 * For more information see Episode 7332 (3rd May 2010).