the state pension and benefits in a one-bedroom Housing Association flat in Welton, Lincolnshire. He revealed in an interview with The Sunday People in May 1994 that none of the Coronation Street cast had ever contacted him since his sacking and that he had written twice to Julie Goodyear, who he had been very close to during his time on the show, but she never replied. Personal life Peter Adamson and Jean Duncan married on 2 December 1953. They had two sons. Jean Adamson, who had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis since her teens, died of septicaemia at Wrightington Hospital in Wigan on 26 September 1984, aged 52. Death Adamson successfully underwent surgery for bowel cancer in 1990. He suffered from osteoarthritis and tinnitus in his later years. Adamson died from stomach cancer in Lincoln County Hospital on 17 January 2002. He left £5,000 to his elder son Michael. Johnny Briggs paid tribute, as did Jean Alexander, who said, "It's sad he has gone, but I hope he is at peace now." No Coronation Street cast member, past or present, attended his funeral. References Podmore, Bill (with Peter Reece) (1990) Coronation Street: The Inside Story London: Macdonald. External links Peter Adamson at Corrie.net 1930 births 2002 deaths Male actors from Liverpool Deaths from stomach cancer Deaths from cancer in England English male stage actors People acquitted of sex crimes English male soap opera actors