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"Coronation Street&amp;#039;s Alan Halsall has been struggling to cope with the loss of Bill Tarmey. Lucy-Jo Hudson, Halsall&amp;#039;s wife of five years, revealed that the couple have been grieving for their friend and former co-star, who died in November aged 71.   &amp;quot;Losing Bill has affected us both but it has hit Al especially hard,&amp;quot; she told the Daily Star. &amp;quot;In his early days at Corrie he was like a surrogate dad to Al and guided him. &amp;quot;He taught him how to be professional and shared his words of wisdom. He will always be a legend and Al will never forget what he&amp;#039;s done for him.&amp;quot; The Wild at Heart actress continued: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re still in touch with Bill&amp;#039;s wife Alma. She knows what a close bond they had so she gave Al Bill&amp;#039;s watch, which he never takes off.&amp;quot; Hudson further commented that Tarmey would have been &amp;quot;so proud&amp;quot; of Halsall&amp;#039;s recent National Television Award nomination for his portrayal of battered husband Tyrone Dobbs.  &amp;quot;I know Bill would be so proud of Al&amp;#039;s NTA nomination. If he wins, he would be winning it for him,&amp;quot; she said before adding, &amp;quot;Bill was such an incredible man and we have so much love and respect for him&amp;quot;. Heaping praise on Halsall&amp;#039;s performances, Hudson said: &amp;quot;Finally, after 15 years at Corrie, he&amp;#039;s got a bit of recognition and I&amp;#039;m so proud of him but he thoroughly deserves it. I&amp;#039;ve been in awe of his performances. Some scenes have had me in tears. &amp;quot;He never watches himself on telly so I do a series link and watch when he&amp;#039;s filming at the studio. I&amp;#039;d love to sit him down and just say, &amp;#039;Please watch this because this is how good you are&amp;#039;, but he just thinks of it as his job and takes it all with a pinch of salt. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s had brilliant storylines but domestic violence, especially when it happens to a man, is a sensitive subject and Al&amp;#039;s not gone into it lightly.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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