Coronation Street for 30 years, died back in February. He left behind £555,000 will, which he left to five out of six of his children.Johnny left his UK fortune, US assets and house in Florida to his family, but was said to have cut out eldest daughter Karen Briggs because of her troubling past as a drug addict.
According to reports Karen, 55, was not mentioned in the will at all by her father, who earned £200,000 a year as one of the ITV soap’s biggest stars until he walked off the cobbles in 2006.
The actor reportedly disowned his eldest daughter when she allegedly gave her own 14-year-old daughter Class A drugs. Following the terrible incident, it has been said that their relationship never recovered which is why he eventually cut her.
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