Coronation Street toddler Oliver Battersby’s little heart stops as he loses his brave fight against a rare disease this week.
Fans gripped for months by one of Weatherfield’s most heartbreaking storylines will see devastated parents Steve McDonald and Leanne Battersby bid their son goodbye as his life support machine is switched off on Friday.But for actress Jane Danson, who plays Leanne, filming the scenes was even more harrowing and emotional – because of the tears she had already shed with a real-life mum who had gone through the same heartbreak herself.When she found out about the story a year ago, Jane turned to Liz Curtis, whose eight-month-old daughter Lily had died from mitochondrial disease, the condition Oliver has in the.
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