The actress, 81, who announced the news back in June, is famed for playing leopard-print loving Rovers Return landlady Bet Lynch in the ITV soap for over 25 years, starting in the role in 1966.
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Coronation Street star Julie Goodyear has been seen for the first time since her dementia diagnosis as she took part in the Alzheimer's Society Memory Walks fundraiser
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