Coronation Street legend Eileen Derbyshire’s beloved husband of 56 years dies after battle with Alzheimer’s
Coronation Street legend Eileen Derbyshire’s beloved husband of 56 years has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s has died, her son has revealed.
The 89-year-old actress’s longtime partner Thomas W. Holt passed away last weekend, with the couple’s only son, Mail On Sunday’s Oliver Holt, at his bedside.
Eileen, who has played Emily Bishop on the hit ITV soap for 58 years, first met former engineer Thomas in 1964, and then went on to reside in a large cottage in Cheshire.
Oliver wrote: “My dad never forgot Stockport even when he was deep into his struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
‘He wanted to go back there and revisit all the places of his youth. Sometimes, he asked me if I’d give him the bus fare for the journey…
‘I hope those who run the game do not forget how vital these (smaller) clubs are to the social fabric of this country, how they still glue families together when so much of the glue is dissolving.’