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During the life of Coronation Street, there have been a total of 168 deaths, ranging from natural causes to murder, disasters, accidents and suicide. Some deaths are minor characters, or characters that haven't been seen but mentioned by regular characters in the programme that maybe linked, for example, Minnie Caldwell's mother Amy Carlton was mentioned but not seen, and died off-screen in 1962.
Many regular characters are killed off-screen if the actor or actress portraying them have passed away in real life. For example, Bernard Youens, who played the role of Stan Ogden passed away in 1984, and the character was killed off-screen a few months later. Some characters aren't killed off even when the actor dies in real life (it could be some years after they departed). However, some characters are still worded as dead even after the character who played them has died. For example, Violet Carson who played the famous Ena Sharples passed away in 1983, over three years after she left. The character hasn't been given a funeral on-screen, although references to the character intimate that she has died.
On-screen
| Name | Date/Episode | Details |
|---|---|---|
| May Hardman | 30th December 1960 |
Inoperable brain tumour - died alone at 13 Coronation Street |
| Martha Longhurst | 13th May 1964 | Heart attack in the snug of the Rovers Return |
| Robert Maxwell | 15th September 1965 | Heart attack following a car crash |
| Vera Lomax | 16th January 1967 | Inoperable brain tumour |
| Harry Hewitt | 6th September 1967 | Crushed to death when the jack slipped on a van he was repairing |
| Joe Donelli | 21st December 1970 | Suicide - turned a gun on himself inside 5 Coronation Street |
| Valerie Barlow | 27th January 1971 | Electrocuted due to faulty wiring on a hairdryer |
| Lynn Johnson | 20th January 1975 | Battered to death by husband Roy Johnson inside 9 Coronation Street |
| Janet Barlow | 21st February 1977 | Overdosed on sleeping tablets |
| Ernest Bishop | 11th January 1978 | Shot by Ed Jackson during a robbery at Baldwin's Casuals |
| Renee Roberts | 30th July 1980 | Car crash |
| Brian Tilsley | 15th February 1989 | Fatally stabbed by Darren Whateley outside a nightclub |
| Alan Bradley | 8th December 1989 | Ran over by tram in Blackpool |
| Katie McDonald | 3rd January 1992 | Complications of premature birth |
| Ted Sullivan | 9th September 1992 | Inoperable brain tumour |
| Lisa Duckworth | 12th February 1993 | Ran over in Coronation Street by John Hargreaves |
| Brendan Scott | 20th August 1993 | Heart attack in the Corner Shop |
| Samir Rachid | 2nd June 1995 | Attacked by youths at the canalside |
| Joyce Smedley | 21st February 1997 | Ran over by Tony Horrocks |
| Derek Wilton | 7th April 1997 | Heart attack following a road rage incident |
| Don Brennan | 8th October 1997 | Car exploded after crashing into the viaduct at the end of Coronation Street |
| Babs Fanshawe | 18th March 1998 | Heart attack |
| Anne Malone | 9th October 1998 | Froze to death inside the freezer unit at Freshco's |
| Des Barnes | 18th November 1998 | Heart attack caused by head injury |
| Alf Roberts | 1st January 1999 | Suffered a massive heart attack at Nick Tilsley's 18th birthday party |
| Judy Mallett | 26th September 1999 | Collapsed from an embolism in the backyard of 9 Coronation Street |
| Jake Webster | 5th June 2000 | Group B Streptococcus infection |
| Alison Webster | 7th June 2000 | Ran into the path of an oncoming lorry |
| Jez Quigley | 15th September 2000 | Ruptured spleen in a beating given by Jim McDonald |
| Dean Sykes | 12th October 2000 | Shot by police markswoman Emma Taylor following the Freshco siege |
| Alma Halliwell | 17th June 2001 | Cervical cancer - passed away peacefully at 5 Grasmere Drive |
| Edna Miller | 19th September 2001 | Found lying in Duggie Ferguson's bed at the Rovers Return - cause of death unknown |
| Dennis Stringer | 2nd January 2002 | Car crash |
| Duggie Ferguson | 4th February 2002 | Injuries sustained after falling through a bannister at The Ridings property development |
| Patricia Hillman | 20th May 2002 | Beaten over the head with a spade by ex-husband Richard Hillman |
| Maxine Peacock | 13th January 2003 | Bludgeoned to death with a crowbar by Richard Hillman at 4 Coronation Street |
| Richard Hillman | 14th March 2003 | Drowned when car plunged into the River Irwell at Weatherfield Quays |
| Billy Platt | 2nd June 2004 | Complications of premature birth |
| Tommy Harris | 4th March 2005 | Hit in the head with a wrench by daughter Katy Harris |
| Ray Langton | 8th April 2005 | Stomach cancer |
| Katy Harris | 20th April 2005 | Suicide - induced a diabetic coma by not taking medication. Passed away at Weatherfield General |
| Mike Baldwin | 7th April 2006 | Heart attack following a short period of Alzheimer's disease |
| Fred Elliott | 9th October 2006 | Suffered a stroke at 5 Grasmere Drive |
| Charlie Stubbs | 15th January 2007 | Died from injuries sustained in a frenzied attack by Tracy Barlow |
| Kasia Barowicz | 16th April 2007 | Accidental fall at Underworld |
| Paul Connor | 6th June 2007 | Car crash |
| Frank Nichols | 3rd October 2007 | Old age |
| Vera Duckworth | 18th January 2008 | Heart attack - passed away peacefully at 9 Coronation Street |
| Paul Connor Jr. | 30th April 2008 | Stillborn |
| Liam Connor | 17th October 2008 | Murdered by Jimmy Dockerson in a hit-and-run plotted by Tony Gordon |
| Mike Scott | 30th January 2009 | Blood clot on the lung - collapsed and died outside Weatherfield General in front of Janice Battersby |
| Colin Grimshaw | 18th May 2009 | Suffered a stroke inside 11 Coronation Street |
| Joe McIntyre | 8th February 2010 | Accidentally drowned in Lake Windermere whilst faking his own death |
| Robbie Sloane | 7th June 2010 | Fatally shot by Tony Gordon |
| Tony Gordon | 9th June 2010 | Perished in the fire he started inside Underworld |
| Colin Fishwick | 30th July 2010 | Collapsed during a heated argument with John Stape and Charlotte Hoyle. Had previously sustained a severe brain haemorrhage in a beating from Ben Fielding |
| Jack Duckworth | 8th November 2010 | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma - passed away peacefully at 9 Coronation Street |
| Taxi Driver (Tram Crash Victim) | 6th December 2010 | Tram derailment in Coronation Street |
| Ashley Peacock | 8th December 2010 | Killed when The Joinery collapsed |
| Molly Dobbs | 9th December 2010 | Killed when a tram crashed into the Corner Shop |
| Charlotte Hoyle | 10th December 2010 | Hit in the head with a hammer by John Stape. Died when her life support machine was turned off at Weatherfield General with the blessing of her parents |
| Joy Fishwick | 10th January 2011 | Smothered by John Stape |
| Edna Hargreaves | 7th March 2011 | Died under a hairdyer at Audrey's Salon - cause of death unknown |
| John Stape | 28th October 2011 | Died due to injuries sustained in a car crash |
| Frank Foster | 5th March 2012 | Murdered in Underworld, hours after buying Carla Connor's 60% share of the factory |
| Lesley Kershaw | 11th May 2012 | Electrocuted whilst putting the toaster into the sink at 11 Coronation Street |
| Eric Babbage | 25th February 2013 | Natural causes |
| Toni Griffiths | 20th March 2013 | Killed in an explosion at the Rovers Return Inn |
| Sunita Alahan | 3rd April 2013 | Breathing tube removed by Karl Munro after suffering injuries in the Rovers fire |
| Hayley Cropper | 20th January 2014 | Took her own life at 16a Victoria Street after suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer |
| Tina McIntyre | 2nd June 2014 | Died from injuries sustained after being viciously assaulted by Rob Donovan |
| Kal Nazir | 28th May 2015 | Killed in an explosion following a fire which broke out inside 12 Victoria Court. |
| Maddie Heath | 1st June 2015 | Died from injuries sustained after an explosion at the Builder's Yard caused by the fire at 12 Victoria Court. |
| Callum Logan | 23rd September 2015 | Bludgeoned over the head by Kylie Platt inside 8 Coronation Street. |