Coronation Street actor Barbara Young dies in Cambridge aged 92

Actress Barbara Young, who starred successful Coronation Street and Last of the Summer Wine, has died aged 92.

Her daughter, Liza Pulman, said she had died aft receiving "remarkable care" astatine Addenbrooke's Hospital successful Cambridge.

Young, who besides worked connected Family Affairs, Doctors and Casualty, was described by Ms Pulman connected Instagram arsenic "beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted and talented".

Comedian Dawn French responded: "Love each astir you, saccharine L."

Born connected 9 February 1931, Young had assorted parts implicit the years successful ITV soap Coronation Street including arsenic Barbara Platt, the parent of Martin Platt, who joined Gail, and astir precocious arsenic Rita Sullivan's person Doreen Fenwick.

After arriving arsenic Doreen successful 2007, she received a matrimony connection from Norris Cole and was astatine 1 constituent told to battalion her bags by Rita earlier they made up.

Ms Pulman, who is herself a singer, said: "Just to fto radical know, my beautiful, brilliant, opinionated, loud, warm-hearted, talented and singular parent died connected Thursday nighttime astatine 10.30pm.

"My sister Cory and I were by her infirmary furniture for 30 hours consecutive and successful the end, arsenic is truthful often the case, she slipped distant successful our lack with a beauteous caregiver called Mercy (you couldn't constitute it) caring for her.

"The attraction she received successful those past days astatine Addenbrookes was singular - considered, cautious and empathetic - and to a person, they each said however overmuch they had loved my mum, however she had made them laughter and however she had ever been funny successful them."

She added: "She was 43 years without my father, 30 years without a cigaret and 20 years without a portion but ne'er without a humbug."

"I person nary words to picture however overmuch I volition miss her. You did good mum. Safe travels."

Young volition besides beryllium remembered arsenic Sadie Hargreaves, aboriginal Lloyd, successful Channel 5 soap Family Affairs which saw her prima arsenic Pamela Tripp's gossipy and flamboyant parent successful much than 100 episodes implicit her tally successful the show.