FIRST appearing in Coronation Street in 1983, Curly Watts said his goodbyes to the cobbles 20 years later, in September, 2003.
Since then, actor Kevin Kennedy as undergone quite the transformation and has even moved on to a singing career. Corrie's Curly was known for his unlucky-in-love persona and was highly recognisable bleach-blonde hair, oval-shaped glasses and cheeky grin.
Curly eventually found real love in the arms of his second wife Emma Watts, played by Angela Lonsdale. But unlike his character on-screen, Kevin's love life was less tumultuous as he has been happily married to his wife Clare since 1996.
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