Vera Duckworth

When Vera Duckworth died in 2008, one of Coronation Street's greatest ever characters was no more.

The gobby wife of long suffering husband Jack passed way on 18 January 2008 and had had a hard life, moving into No9 Coronation Street in September 1983 with Jack, many misfortunes lay ahead for the couple. Their only son Terry would bring heartache after heartache, a contrast to their lodgers Curly Watts and Tyron Dobbs of whom were like the loving sons in which they never had.

Vera was played by actress Elizabeth Dawn.