Tributes to Coronation Street writer Adele Rose who died aged 87
Ant and Dec described her as "an incredible lady and a wonderful writer"
Adele Rose
Adele Rose, Coronation Street's longest-serving writer, has died of pneumonia at the age of 87. Her TV credits included Heartbeat, Z Cars, Angels, The Dustbinmen and Robin's Nest.
ITV, home to Coronation Street, paid tribute to Rose, hailing her as "particularly adept at giving voice to some of Corrie's classic fearless female characters".
Born in Salford, Rose wrote more than 400 episodes of the ITV soap between 1961 and 1998, and was its first female writer. She won a Bafta in 1993.