Actor Dean Sullivan, greatest recognized for his portrayal of Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside, has died aged 68.
According to the BBC, his household have issued an announcement saying with “deep unhappiness” that Sullivan “handed away peacefully following a brief sickness”. The actor was identified with prostate most cancers in 2018.
The assertion learn: “Dean is greatest remembered because the longest serving forged member of Channel 4‘s groundbreaking Brookside enjoying the position of Jimmy Corkhill, making Dean a British cleaning soap icon.”
“To hundreds of thousands he was and really a lot nonetheless is remembered as ‘Jimmy’, to household and buddies he was ‘Dino’.”
“Dean’s household needs to thank Arrowe Park Hospital for his or her unwavering and constant assist,” it continued.
“We ask that you just respect their privateness of their time of grief.”
Sullivan received the British Soap Award for his portrayal of Jimmy in Brookside, which ran between 1982 and 2003. Fans of the present and Sullivan have taken to social media to point out their assist.
One account posted on X/Twitter saying: Here’s to Dean Sullivan, aka the enduring Jimmy Corkhill. His Brookside quips, overreactions and quintessential ‘90s type preserved in in style tradition ever extra. “Behave!” RIP, Jimmy”
Here’s to Dean Sullivan, aka the enduring Jimmy Corkhill. His Brookside quips, overreactions, and quintessential ’90s type preserved in in style tradition ever extra.
“Behave!”
RIP, Jimmy💙 pic.twitter.com/cyklosdm8K
— M I N T (@mintisculture) November 30, 2023
Playwright Jonathan Harvey posted a tribute that learn: “I do love a cleaning soap icon, they usually didn’t come extra iconic than Jimmy Corkhill. What terribly unhappy information. Beloved actor Dean Sullivan has handed away. My ideas are along with his many family and friends”.
In an interview with the Liverpool Echo earlier this yr, Sullivan shared particulars of his prognosis. He stated: “The first time I went to the physician’s surgical procedure he stated we’ll simply control it and see the way you go on. It was a couple of weeks later, I simply knew that wasn’t proper.”
He continued: He continued: “When I went again I noticed a physician who specialised in prostate remedy. He gave me a fast examination and inside two weeks I used to be on the hospital talking to the guide.
“If I’d have listened to the primary physician, it may need been a special story so at all times belief your intestine. 11 occasions out of 10, you’re proper… As with many cancers, if they’re caught early, they’re treatable.”
