Coronation Street actress Maureen Lipman, 79, has married for the second time, tying the knot with David Turner, also 79. The couple became engaged last year after Lipman proposed to Turner on a train.
Lipman, who plays Evelyn Plummer on the soap, was previously married to Coronation Street writer Jack Rosenthal. The pair wed in 1974 and were together for 30 years until Rosenthal's death from multiple myeloma in 2004 at the age of 72.
After Rosenthal's death, Lipman found love again with retired computer expert Guido Castra. The couple were together until Castra's death in 2021, following a battle with Parkinson's disease and a severe case of coronavirus.
Lipman described her engagement to Turner as a spur-of-the-moment decision while travelling home from a book launch. She recalled proposing on one knee under the train table, saying, 'To my surprise and slight panic, he gave it.'
The couple informed their children of the engagement on September 8, which would have been the birthday of Lipman's late husband Jack Rosenthal. Lipman has previously spoken about how work helped her cope with loss, stating, 'I don't know what to do if I am not working.'
