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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 14 Oct 2016

    Jean Alexander who played Coronation St's Hilda Ogden and Last of the Summer Wine's Auntie Wainwright dies aged 90.http://bbc.in/2dTX8Wm 

    3:26 PM - 14 Oct 2016
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      1. Clare Callaghan‏ @clare_callaghan 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        A true legend - in the days when Coronation Street was worth watching 😥

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      1. Ask Nibbles‏ @AskNibbles 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Jean Alexander in last of the Summer Wine #Brilliant best sales person ever - would walk the #apprenticeuk #Rip

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      1. lisbeth mullin west‏ @lisbethwest 14 Oct 2016
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        @johncraggsactor @BBCNews tough day all around. 💜

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      1. James Weir OMG‏ @laythefavourite 14 Oct 2016
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        I'll have one at Rovers Return in your honour Jean

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      1. Day Dreamer‏ @2dream2day 14 Oct 2016
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        so sad.. Hilda, stan and Eddie yates were some of the best TV characters ever

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      2. Peter Knox‏ @Pete_r_Knox 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Too young.

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      1. Paul Mangan‏ @friscondo 14 Oct 2016
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        Her quietly dignified acting when Stan got caught out pretending to go to work was magnificent. #Brexit. Chaos.

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      1. TJ FLEX‏ @felixxflex 14 Oct 2016
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        Pure Class. They should make a giant Muriel of Hilda in her curlers and apron and display it at the National Gallery

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      1. Ade Reid-Robertson‏ @AdeReidrob 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Me and my Mum were only talking about Jean Alexander the other day as I shared my birthday with her. RIP.

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      1. Novia McDonald-Whyte‏ @StyleONMW 14 Oct 2016
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        RIP Jean x

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      1. SparseGrayHackle‏ @LeakyLandy 14 Oct 2016
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        RIP. Jean Alexander was a favorite of mine as Auntie Wainwright.

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      1. John D‏ @johndiablo68 14 Oct 2016
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        stanleeyyyy

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      2. Paz Utzin‏ @PazUtzin 14 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        This makes me so very sad. Grew up with her and Stan. #muriel. RIP

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      4. Paz Utzin‏ @PazUtzin 15 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Tarbrush007 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Grew up *watching* then on the show. But I'm sure they were both lovely people ! 😏

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      1. wheelchair chef‏ @HessionV 15 Oct 2016
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        wonderful lady very much missed at #CoronationStreet a character never forgotten R.I.P xx

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      1. Gareth‏ @romfordslim1477 15 Oct 2016
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