Coronation Street fans 'in bits' as Paul Foreman's exit airs with heartbreaking twist
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCoronation Street fans were left 'in bits' as Paul Foreman died in tragic scenes. The former builder was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in April 2023.
Paul, played by Peter Ash was told had had the life-shortening disease, in which messages from the motor neurones gradually stop reaching the muscles, shortly after being knocked over by Carla Connor, who had been unknowingly drugged by serial killer Stephen Reid, in an Underworld van.
Then during Monday night's (September 9) Corrie, Paul was rushed to hospital as he struggled to breathe and later, doctors informed his family there was nothing more they could do but make him comfortable. READ MORE: Coronation Street's Kit star on who gives him his 'comeuppance' as Gary Windass link teased READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here It was Bernie Winter and Summer Spellman who were with Paul when his health took a sudden turn for the worse and was struggling to breathe, leading to the pair calling for an ambulance while Billy Mayhew was out desperately looking for his lost phone.
Back at the hospital, Bernie, Summer and Paul's sister Gemma Winter-Brown headed in to say their emotional goodbyes to Paul with Billy still trying to make it to the hospital in time.
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