Julie Goodyear
[12] Goodyear's return was intended to be permanent and she had signed a year's contract, however she was forced to quit after seventeen days due to the intense filming schedule, which had left her suffering from exhaustion.[13][14] She returned to the show again in 2003, though this time, her appearances were part of a storyline set in Blackpool that involved Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) and her husband Jim (Charles Lawson), who had recently escaped from prison.[19] In 2001, she appeared in the BBC television comedy sketch series Revolver and on several episodes of the ITV1 game show Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.[32] In 2007, she was interviewed by Piers Morgan for the BBC series You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous where she discussed her highly publicised short-lived return to Coronation Street in 2002.[34] In October 2009, it was confirmed that she would be starring in Calendar Girls on the West End stage, and appeared in the show for three weeks before dropping out due to a virus.[42][43] Her second husband, Tony Rudman, left her for his best man on their wedding day after Goodyear discovered he was gay; their marriage was subsequently annulled.[45] Goodyear is a life-long resident of Heywood, Lancashire and lives with her fourth husband at Primrose Hill Farm, a property she purchased and renovated in 1995.[52] In June 2023, Goodyear's husband Scott Brand announced that she had been diagnosed with dementia, confirming in a statement that she had been "suffering [from] forgetfulness for some time" [...] adding that they had been seeking medical advice and assistance, however there was "no hope of a reversal in the situation" and that her condition will get progressively worse.[53][54][55][56] Following her diagnosis, Goodyear attended a memory walk alongside her husband in Heaton Park, Manchester for the Alzheimer's Society in October 2023.
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