Coronation Street and Brookside star Kenneth Cope has died, it was revealed today - with tributes paid to "a true gentleman of showbusiness".The actor played petty crook Jed Stone - known to many as 'Sunny Jim' - on three separate occasions, initially as Minnie Caldwell's lodger in the early 60s, again in 1966 and then once more on 2008.
Kenneth, who has died aged 93, also starred as Ray Hilton in Channel 4's Brookside beween 1999 and 2002, a year before the soap ended.
He also played the ghost detective Marty Hopkirk in the original run of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and appeared in two Carry On films.
The actor, who also had roles in Minder and A Touch of Frost, returned to Corrie as Jed Stone in 2008 for a storyline with ruthless developer Tony Gordon that spanned several months.
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