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    Brookside star remembers ‘unforgettable adventures’ with late Dean Sullivan

    by Pa Reporters Nov 30, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    Soap actor Michael Starke has paid tribute to his late Brookside co-star Dean Sullivan and said they shared “unforgettable adventures” together.

    Best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in the Mersey TV soap, the Liverpudlian actor and director died at the age of 68 on Wednesday following a “short illness”, his family said.

    In the Channel 4 programme, which regularly drew in audiences of eight million at its peak, Starke played Jimmy’s friend Thomas “Sinbad” Sweeney.

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