Coronation Street star Justin Moorhouse, who also starred in Pheonix Nights, has announced the tragic death of his son Barney saying he "went to sleep and didn't wake up". The devastated comedian and actor who spent a year playing Dean Upton on the long-running soap between 2014 and 2015 took to Instagram to share the sad news. Alongside a picture of Barney he penned a touching tribute to the "sweetest, kindest soul".

"It is with the heaviest of hearts I have to tell you our beautiful boy Barney has passed away," he wrote. "Me, his mum and step mum, his sister, cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents and his gorgeous friends are besides ourselves with grief. I am consoling myself as much as I can knowing that he loved us all and knew we loved him. He was so happy, content and excited

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