The family of a dad found dead outside his home days before Christmas said there is a 'huge void' in their lives in a moving tribute.
16.01.2024 - 13:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Emmerdale star Lisa Riley has shown how the soap paid their own tribute to late actor Steve Halliwell following his sad death last month. It was announced that the actor, who spent decades playing the beloved Zak Dingle, had passed away at home, aged 77.
A statement issued on December 15 confirmed Steve was surrounded by his family when he died after 29 years of service on the ITV soap. In the statement announcing his death to fans, a spokesperson for ITV said last month that it was 'hard not to smile' when thinking of the Bury-born star.
They said: “It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that Emmerdale can confirm that Steve Halliwell, our beloved Zak Dingle, has peacefully passed away. All our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and loved ones through this very difficult time, and we’d request that their privacy is respected as they grieve for his loss.
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"Steve will forever be synonymous with Emmerdale. The proud defender and head of the Dingle family. Heart and humour in all he did, it has been and always will be impossible not to smile when you think of him."
Steve has since been laid to rest and as Emmerdale's cast and crew returned to the Leeds-based set following the Christmas and New Year break, it appears they held their own tribute for the beloved actor.
Sharing a picture of a chair, once regularly occupied by Steve while playing the Dingle patriarch, which was covered in the family's brightly-coloured knitted blankets, Mandy Dingle actress Lisa wrote on Instagram: "'It starts from the top and filters down
The family of a dad found dead outside his home days before Christmas said there is a 'huge void' in their lives in a moving tribute.
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