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Coronation Street star Lynne Verrall, whose career spanned more than 50 year, has died, it has been announced.

The actress, who had a hugely successful career in theatre and TV, landing the role of Geraldine Spellman in the ITV soap in 2017, is reported to have died in Paris on November 8 after battling a long illness.

Her agent Samantha Boyd said: "Lynne was always ready to try any role, to grow and learn and develop. She embraced life to the full," industry magazine The Stage has reported.

According to The Sun , French fundraising page has been set up in her memory, to help fight motor neurone disease. It reads: “Our dear friend Lynne faced MND with her trademark wit and courage — and even in the toughest moments, she never lost her spark (or her sense of humou

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