Coronation Street fans know that Roy Cropper (David Neilson) has recently been suffering a health scare. The café owner first took ill during a salsa class with Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman).
He later experienced breathing problems and collapsed with chest pains on the Cobbles, after chasing his pet pup Freddie – who had begun to pursue a quick-moving ginger cat.
Roy was soon rushed to hospital, and diagnosed with angina – and he was then told he was on a waiting list for an operation to fit a stent.
Since then, we’ve watched as fearful Roy prepares for the worst – giving Evelyn a stack of letters to hand out in the event of his death, with one for her too amid a possible romance.
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