1. Jack
Duckworth 1979, 1981-2010 (203 votes)
Beating
Blanche to the top spot by just one vote is Jack the lad.
Although he made his first
appearance in 1979, Jack didn’t become a regular until 1983 when he bought No. 9
Coronation Street and until his death in 2010 he was a firm fixture on the cobbles.
Married to Vera for 50 years, Jack also had his fair share of flings, mainly
with bored housewives. His biggest conquest was busty barmaid Bet Lynch, but
that came to an end after Vera found out. Following Stan Ogden’s footsteps,
layabout and bone idle Jack had many jobs that included window cleaner, lollypop
man, cellar man and cab driver. Jack didn’t hide his contempt of his son Terry
who used, lied and manipulated both him and Vera and Jack was sickened when Terry
sold his son Tommy to his in-laws. The nation cheered when Jack punched him and
disowned him.
Jack miraculously became landlord of the Rovers, 25 years after the
last Jack ran the Rovers: Jack Walker. After going bankrupt, he sold the pub to
Alec Gilroy and ran a B& B. Soon enough, Jack and Vera returned to N° 9. Jack’s main hobbies was supping in the Rovers and keeping
pigeons, much to Vera’s annoyance.
In 2008, the Duckworths decided to leave the
street and move to Blackpool. Sadly, Vera died before they made it. After her
death, Jack led a quiet life, revolved around his surrogate son Tyrone Dobbs
and his wife Molly and found companionship with fellow pigeon-lover Connie
Rathbone. Jack was at his proudest in 2010 when Molly gave birth and called her
son Jack. That year, Jack was diagnosed with incurable Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He
did good deeds to his neighbours and found out that baby Jack was Kevin Webster’s
and not Tyrone’s. But he vowed not to tell Molly’s secret and passed away with
the secret.
Does
Jack deserve to be number one? Or does someone else deserve it? Were you a fan
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