Soap opera deaths: EastEnders versus Coronation Street

LONDON BOROUGH OF WALFORD Fadeo to Black ALBERT SQUARE CORONATION ST.. E20 Dramatic Endings On EastEnders & Coronation Street For decades, soap opera fanatics have watched their favourite characters live and die in an array of dramatic and tragic ways. From brain tumours to murders, the death toll has multiplied over the years. Do you recall these most famous EastEnders and Corrie deaths in the UK's top soap operas? DEATH ON CORONATION STREET For more than 40 years, Britons have watched the drama unfold on Coronation Street. Through love and life, one plot twist after another, more than 150 characters have met their demise. CORONATION STREET DEATHS, BY DECADE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF DEATH 153 160 140- 35 120- 30 100- 25 80- 20 60- 42 15 37 19 40- 15 17 10 20- 1960s 1970s 1980s 2000s TOTAL dens, or tram) NAtty ar, Natural Causes Brain Tumour WHAT ARE THE ODDS? 8% 24% CHANCE OF MURDER 19% CHANCE OF HEART ATTACK CHANCE OF CAR, VAN, BIKE, BUS, TRAM ACCIDENT DEATH IN ALBERT SQUARE In the 27 years since the EastEnders drama began to unfold in 1985, viewers have watched more than 90 characters lose their lives in a multitude of ways. EASTENDERS DEATHS, BY DECADE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF DEATH 100 91 20 90 80 18 70 16 60 14 50 12 50 10 40 30 8- 18 10 20 13 10 1960s 1970s 1990s 2000s ehicular Accident. Murder Suicide 2010-2013 1980s (1985-1989) House Fire WHAT ARE THE ODDS? 11% CHANCE OF MURDER 8% 20% CHANCE OF HEART ATTACK CHANCE OF CAR, VAN, BIKE, BUS, TRAM ACCIDENT INSURED FOR YOUR MONEY With so many fatalities happening onscreen, if this was real life, these characters might want to look into life insurance. You know, just to be safe. CORONATION STREET CHARACTER BORN MARRIED MEDICAL FAMILY MEDICAL PROBLEMS SOAP LIFE MONTHLY PREMIUM HISTORY ANNUAL PREMIUM TINA MCINTYRE 1991 NO SUFFERED A 3-DAY COMA NONE 2008 - PRESENT £4.43 £53.16 SALLY WEBSTER DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST MOTHER SUFFERED 1967 YES CANCER; GROWTH 1986 STROKE, DYING REMOVED IN PRESENT £13.81 £165.72 AS A REȘULT 2009; FULL RECOVERY DAVID PLATT MOTHER 1990 YES SUFFERED EPILEPSY FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE 1990 – PRESENT £4.43 £53.16 EASTENDERS CHARACTER BORN MARRIED MEDICAL FAMILY MEDICAL PROBLEMS SOAP LIFE MONTHLY PREMIUM HISTORY ANNUAL JACK BRANNING PREMIUM BULLET FRAGMENTS FATHER SUFFERED 1972 LEFT IN BRAIN FROM STROKE; MOTHER NO CRITICALLY ILL 2007 - PRIOR GUN (UNKNOWN CAUSE) £9.76 PRESENT £117.12 ACCIDENT PHIL MITCHELL HEART MOTHER HAD 1961 ATTACK AND SUBSTANCE DIVORCED BREAST 1990 – CANCER: FATHER DIED ABUSE £27.30 PRESENT £327.60 OF CANCER KAT MOON 1970 YES FATHER AND NONE MOTHER SUFFERED FROM 2000 – PRESENT £12.34 £117.12 STROKES *Quotes based on: £100,000 of cover • 20-year term • Level-term policy • No smokers Confused.Com SOURCES: CONFUSED.COM, EASTENDERS.WIKIA.COM, CORONATIONSTREET.WIKIA.COM 1990s 2010-2013 Murder Suicide Heart Failure Stroke TOTAL Heart Attack Natural Causes Complications from AIDS Alcoholism Pneumonia