Veronica "Vera" Duckworth (also Burton) was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Liz Dawn, she reappeared posthumously for a single appearance, in which her ficitional husband Jack died, which English actor, singer and author, played Jack Duckworth ?
Vera Duckworth Veronica "Vera" Duckworth (also Burton) was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Liz Dawn. She first appeared on 19 August 1974 and last appeared on 18 January 2008, where the character peacefully died in her sleep at the age of 70 from heart failure. Her funeral was held on 22 January 2008. She reappeared posthumously for a single appearance on the 8 November 2010 episode, in which her husband Jack (Bill Tarmey) died.
Jack Spratt (fictional detective) Jack Spratt is the protagonist in a series of alternate history science fiction fantasy novels by Jasper Fforde. He was named after the character from the English nursery rhyme. As revealed in "The Big Over Easy", for example, he hates eating fat, and was once married to a woman who ate nothing else (hence, she died).