Corrie star's dad died of cancer when she was just 19, decades on she got the news she dreaded

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Coronation Street star Karen Henthorn was just nineteen when her dad tragically died from cancer at just 44. Decades on, in her late 40s, the actress' nightmares became real as she faced the same diagnosis as her father - being told by doctors that she had cancer.

Before she became a household name, Karen’s life was turned upside down when in 1982, at only 19-years-old, her dad, Peter Henthorn, tragically died.

Following a period of poor health Peter was taken ill after suffering a stroke. His health deteriorated and he sadly died a short time later in Oldham Hospital, where a postmortem examination revealed that he had died from cancer, found in his liver and lungs.

Karen, who has had a string of high-profile TV roles including Eastenders, Doctors and Shameless said: “I remember there was a knock at the door one day, and it was the police, they’d found my dad living on the streets of Manchester, I had no idea, I usually saw him every two weeks, since my parents separated. READ MORE: 'I was cuddling my kids and felt something strange - that moment saved my life' READ MORE: Mum thought she had stomach bug - then her limbs turned black and she had to loose leg and fingers will fall off “They’d brought him to our house because they thought he’d had a stroke.