Coronation Street bosses plan a special reference to commemorate Hilda Ogden after death of Jean Alexander
Bosses are planning to say goodbye to the star who passed away last week aged 90
CORONATION Street bosses are reported to be planning a special mention of Hilda Ogden to honour the death of actress Jean Alexander.
Jean, who left the soap in 1987, died last week at the age of 90 - three days after her birthday.
Despite leaving the ITV staple show years ago, her character Hilda Ogden has remained one of the street's most iconic residents, and now writers are drafting up something to say goodbye.
The Irish Mail on Sunday reported that one option is Kevin Webster and Sally Metcalfe, former husband and wife, will be informed of the death of their old landlady.
A spokesman said: "What will happen next week is that the producer and the executive producer will discuss when it might be possible. They would obviously have to make a decision about whether it will work.”
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Jean had been taken to Southport and Ormskirk hospital on Tuesday after becoming unwell and died peacefully on Thursday.
Her niece Sonia Hearld, 64, told the how she received a phone call from the hospital breaking the bad news.
"It is such a shock", she said.
After a couple of days in hospital she was allowed back the care home, where she had been looked after since suffering a slight stroke in 2014.
Today Sonia and her sister Valerie Thewlis, 60, had to break the tragic news of Jean's death to her 91-year-old brother Kenneth Hodgkinson.
They are the only relatives of Jean, who never married and instead dedicated her life to her career.
She said at the time: "I've spent my career playing old ladies - now I am one.
“Don’t write me off yet, there's still so much I plan to see and do.”
See our favourite moments of Jean as Hilda by clicking here.
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