Beloved Coronation Street star dies aged 89
Coronation Street star Joan Savage has passed away at 89.
The actress, known for her role as Celeste Pickersgill in the ITV soap series, was reported to have passed away peacefully in her home in Twickenham earlier this month.
Her cause of death has not been revealed.
Tributes have poured in from the star's friends and family.
In a touching tribute, her daughter Kelly wrote: "Mum always used to say 'I'd like to go with my tap shoes on' so the last few years have been extremely difficult for her and us as a family.
"I hope she's reunited with her show biz contemporaries and putting on a show up there!" she added.
Her friend, Cheryl Forbes paid tribute to the actress on X.
"Our dear friend, the remarkable Joan Savage, passed away recently," she tweeted.
"She was a real star and absolutely brilliant at everything she did," she continued. "An actress, comedienne, singer, impressionist and dancer.
"She was truly a very special talent."
Savage has spent over six decades in the show biz industry. She starred in an episode of Dad's Army in 1972, and made multiple appearances in The Arthur Haynes Show between 1956 and 1962.
Aside from her glittering career on the screen, she also ventured out into music, theatre and entertainment.
She toured as the leading lady in a George and Alfred Black revue called Music and Madness, where she met performer Ken Morris - who she later on married in 1955 - and the pair performed as a double act.
The duo appeared in multiple big shows and advertisements at the time including Hi Summer, The Black and White Minstrel Show, The Jack Jackson Show and The Arthur Haynes Show.
In 1960, they welcomed daughter Kelly, but their love story was cut short when Morris tragically passed away on July 3, 1968 following a brain tumour.
Four years later, Savage remarried, and tied the knot with husband Bryan on November 1972.
She continued performing and had also established herself as a solo artist, creating popular love songs, comedies and even went on to win the Nordring Radio Prize for her singing in 1974.
Savage is survived by her husband Bryan, her daughter Kelly and her two grandkids.
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