Maggie Fox dies: Coronation Street and Shameless actress dead following 'sudden accident'

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THEY played some of the wildest characters on TV - but the cast of Shameless have taken very different paths since leaving the Chatsworth Estate. This week, it was announced comedy actress Maggie Fox had died suddenly following an accident.

ITV Coronation Street who has died in a "tragic" and "sudden" accident was due to tour THIS WEEK. Maggie Fox, who was also a star of Shameless, has tragically passed away.

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ITV hit soap, was part of a comedy partnership with Sue Ryding. Read more: Emmerdale's Zoe Henry admits she prefers not having to film scenes with co-star husband Jeff Hordley Sue revealed the star's family are "in a state of shock" following her sudden death in a statement shared on Facebook. She wrote: "It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Maggie Fox, my comedy partner of 40 years and co-Artistic Director of LipService.

Coronation Street actress Maggie Fox has died following an "accident", her heartbroken comedy partner has announced. Maggie appeared in ITV soap Corrie in four different roles throughout her acting career, but was known most notably on the soap as Ruth Audsley.The actress also appeared in the soap in 2010 as Judge Travers. She had a number of roles in other shows, including Shameless where she appeared as a registrar.

Coronation Street actress Maggie Fox has died in an unexpected accident. Maggie's comedy partner and close friend Sue Ryder said she and the rest of the star's loved ones are in a "state of shock" following her "very sudden" death.The details of the accident have not yet been revealed, but Sue shared the sad news on Facebook.She wrote: "It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Maggie Fox, my comedy partner of 40 years and co-Artistic Director of LipService."Maggie passed away yesterday with her family around her.Sue continued: "Consequently the Spring Tour of Chateau Ghoul has been cancelled. “As you can imagine I am completely heartbroken."Sharing the moment they first met as she paid tribute to her close pal, Sue added: "I met Maggie when we were Drama students at Bristol University in the 1970's. “We were in a very serious production of Ibsen's The Lady For the Sea but for some reason the audience was on the floor laughing. “A tragedy for Ibsen (he was good at those) but the launch of an epic comedy partnership."Our theatre company LipService was officially launched in 1985 and we have written 22 original comedies, touring all over the world, managing to have children in between!"It's notoriously difficult to present new work in theatre and we are really proud that we managed to do so and to build an audience for it."We are still all in a state of shock as this was very sudden following an accident,” she continued.“We had planned a new digital version of Chateau Ghoul which we had already filmed which will be shared with you later in the year in memory of Maggie, plus some live events using the huge amount of digital footage we thankfully have archived."She concluded: "Details to be published when

Coronation Street star Maggie Fox has died following a "sudden accident".The TV star passed away surrounded by her heartbroken family.Maggie's close pal Sue Ryder said her nearest and dearest are in a "state of shock".Taking to Facebook, Sue posted: ": "It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Maggie Fox, my comedy partner of 40 years and co-Artistic Director of LipService."Maggie passed away yesterday with her family around her."As you can imagine I am completely heartbroken.She added: "We are still all in a state of shock as this was very sudden following an accident."Details of the accident are yet to be revealed. Maggie appeared in two roles in Corrie during her 40-year-long career, most notably as Ruth Audsley in 2001.