Coronation Street icon Eileen Derbyshire’s husband of 56 years Thomas W. Holt has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's.The 89-year-old star's husband sadly passed away last weekend with the couple's son, Oliver, by his bedside.Eileen , who has played Emily Bishop for 58 years, had been with the retired engineer since they met in 1964.
The couple later resided in a large cottage in Cheshire. Their only child Oliver, who is a sports journalist, announced his father's death as he wrote about their shared love of football in his column for Mail Online.He recalled how his beloved dad took him to his first game at Stockport County's Edgeley Park and said mourning him had made him realise what football really means to fans who have been.
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