Corrie Maureen Lipman's life - tragic deaths, Gogglebox exit and Helen Mirren job row
dailystar.co.ukCoronation Street since she made her debut as Evelyn Plummer in 2018.Having led an impressive career on both screen and stage with appearances with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, her character is currently embroiled in a feud on the cobbles with Bernie Winter over the disappearance of Joseph Brown.The 75-year-old also become the first serving actor in the ITV soap's 60-year history to receive a damehood, after receiving the honour from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle in 2021.Her life off-screen has offered almost as much drama as her soap role.From feuding with Helen Mirren to suffering a tragic loss, let’s take a look inside the life of Maureen Lipman…After 13 years together, Maureen was left heartbroken when her partner Guido Castro passed away tragically in 2021.Maureen, whose first husband died 17 years ago, was at the businessman's side when he died following a battle with coronavirus which left him "weakened".The star said Guido, who was 84, contracted the virus days after receiving a dose of the coronavirus vaccine, but attributes his death to a form of Parkinson's Disease.Dame Maureen explained of her longterm partner's death: "He got Covid – it wasn't Covid that killed him but it weakened him terribly.“We don't know how he got it or when or if he had it when he got the vaccine,” she said.Addressing her final moments with him, she said "It was not a good way to go," as she spoke in a joint chat with her Celebrity Gogglebox co-star Gyles Brandreth."You can’t express what it’s like not to be able to touch somebody when you’re in this [protective gear], and he’s in that, and then there’s a screen, and you can see them disintegrating in life, and you can’t do anything."And in the end,.
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