{"id":80380,"date":"2023-10-24T16:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=80380"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:56:07","slug":"bill-kenwrights-life-from-coronation-street-actor-to-everton-supremo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/celebrities\/bill-kenwrights-life-from-coronation-street-actor-to-everton-supremo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Kenwrights life from Coronation Street actor to Everton supremo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Lampard on Bill Kenwright’s message to Everton players<\/h3>\n

Actor turned producer and\u00a0Everton Football Club chairman Bill Kenwright has died aged 78.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool-born star was once a famous face on screens starring as Gordon Clegg in the ITV soap Coronation Street.<\/p>\n

He first stepped onto the Cobbles back in April 1968 and stayed on the soap as a regular for a year.<\/p>\n

Bill left the show to focus on his producing career, but continued to act occasionally throughout the 1970s and again in 2012.<\/p>\n

The actor’s final appearance in Weatherfield was when he announced the sad news that his much-loved mum Betty Williams (played by Betty Driver) had died.<\/p>\n

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In real life, the actress, who played her character of the same name for 42 years, died in October 2011 following ill health.<\/p>\n

On whether he thought his on-screen mum’s send-off was a fitting tribute to Betty, he told Digital Spy at the time: “Do you know what, shall I tell you something, it will be impossible to give her a fitting tribute, because Betty Driver does not do death.<\/p>\n

“She isn’t dead to me – she transcends all that. But the producers have chosen a way of covering her passing on screen that doesn’t include a big funeral.<\/p>\n

“The scenes do include some really loving moments at The Rovers, where people reminisce and remember her life. I think that’s what she would have wanted.<\/p>\n

“I think Betty Driver would be smiling down up there now.”<\/p>\n

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