ITV hit soap, was part of a comedy partnership with Sue Ryding. Read more: Emmerdale's Zoe Henry admits she prefers not having to film scenes with co-star husband Jeff Hordley Sue revealed the star's family are "in a state of shock" following her sudden death in a statement shared on Facebook.
She wrote: "It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Maggie Fox, my comedy partner of 40 years and co-Artistic Director of LipService.
Maggie passed away yesterday with her family around her. ”She continued: “As you can imagine I am completely heartbroken. We are still all in a state of shock as this was very sudden following an accident. "Explaining more about their background, Sue added: "I met Maggie when we were Drama students at Bristol University in the 1970's.
We were in a very serious production of Ibsen's The Lady For the Sea but for some reason the audience was on the floor laughing.
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