CORRIE fans were left in tears when little Sam Blakeman discovered that his mum Natasha had bled to death on the operating table after being shot in a case of mistaken identity by bad-boy drug dealer Harvey Gaskell.
In heartbreaking scenes devoted mum Natasha, played by Rachel Leskovac, told the youngster how proud she was of him and that she would always be with him, no matter where they were, before she tragically died.
Talented ten-year-old actor Jude Riordan broke the nation with his portrayal of a grief-stricken school boy but it’s a storyline we’ve seen on the famous cobbles many times over the years.
Corrie has a long history of dramatising the death of a parent which often puts some of its bigger stars at the centre of the hit ITV.
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