{"id":186597,"date":"2023-12-18T16:53:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=186597"},"modified":"2023-12-18T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:53:25","slug":"coronation-street-and-roly-polys-star-mo-moreland-dies-after-alzheimers-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/celebrity\/coronation-street-and-roly-polys-star-mo-moreland-dies-after-alzheimers-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street and Roly Polys star Mo Moreland dies after Alzheimer’s battle"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Coronation Street actress Mo Moreland has died at the age of 87 after a long battle with Alzhiemer’s disease. She also toured the world as a member of the star troupe Roly Polys.<\/p>\n
Mo died in a nursing home in North Shore on Friday as her long-time friend and Les Dawson’s ex-wife Tracy Dawson paid tribute to the star. She told The Gazette: “We are devastated. Mo lived with my daughter Charlotte and I and helped me bring Charlotte up.<\/p>\n
“She was a great comfort when I lost Les and I will really miss her.” Reality television personality Charlotte also took to Instagram to share a sweet tribute with her 1.4 million followers.<\/p>\n
Alongside a series of pictures of the pair, she wrote: “I’ve been putting off posting this as didn’t really want it to be real… I’ve been dreading the day my whole life.. but it was always going to come.<\/p>\n
“My mo, my beautiful mo has sadly passed away but very peacefully on Friday. for those who don’t know mo she has been suffering wirth Alzheimer’s for the last 10 years in a home.<\/p>\n
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