Emmerdale star Liam Fox has opened up for the first time about his dad’s 40-year alcohol battle, which eventually killed him and caused decades of family pain.
The 51-year-old actor – who has played the soap’s Dan Spencer for nearly a decade – has always kept his secret heartache private But now wants to share his devastating experience in the hope it will help thousands of other families facing a similar situation.
Liam’s dad, Billy, sadly died on February 21 at the age of 73 from pneumonia but it was, explains the star, ultimately caused by his two-bottles-a-day vodka habit. “Dad struggled with alcoholism for nearly 40 years of my life and it was absolutely horrendous for us to watch him get so regularly drunk knowing that one day he
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