John "Jack" Duckworth is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Bill Tarmey.
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34 Facts About Jack Duckworth
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Jack Duckworth has been characterised through his "joyless and gloomy" life in which he has a string of dead-end jobs and his wife's death, but continued to pass witty remarks on life.
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Whilst Jack Duckworth is working a fairground ride, the waltzer, he meets Vera Burton, and they soon begin a relationship.
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Jack Duckworth makes his first appearance on 28 November 1979 when Vera forces him to attend the wedding of her friend and colleague Ivy Tilsley's son Brian to Gail Potter.
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Jack Duckworth later has an affair with Bet Lynch, which he later regrets.
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Jack Duckworth refers to herself as "Carole Munroe", and is shocked when she sees Jack's video.
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Jack Duckworth arranges to meet him in The Rovers Return, wearing a ginger wig, claiming to be a rich widow.
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When she turns around, Jack Duckworth is shocked to see his wife staring back at him and she chases him out of the pub much to the amusement of the other customers.
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In 2000, Vera worries that she may die in an operation, and confesses to Jack Duckworth that she had an affair during the early years of their marriage, meaning there is a possibility that Terry is not really Jack Duckworth's son.
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Jack Duckworth confesses to his friend Curly Watts that unbeknownst to Vera, he had knowledge of the affair, and had beaten her lover up; though he claims that he believes Terry to be his own son as he reminds him too much of himself.
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At Ivy's engagement party to George Wardle in The Rovers, Jack Duckworth asks Andrea's father Harry Clayton if they are sure Terry is the father and Harry punches him.
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Jack Duckworth develops a paternal relationship with Tricia's son from her first marriage, Jamie.
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Jack Duckworth was singing him his favourite Sinatra songs and Tommy dropped off to sleep.
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Jack Duckworth considers Tyrone as more of a son than Terry had ever been.
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Jack Duckworth is fond of pigeons though Vera hates them, and she once tricks him into believing that she has cooked him a pigeon pie.
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Jack Duckworth once agrees to sell his dead body for a large amount of cash to an artist who enjoys painting stuffed humans, so he could buy Vera a Christmas present.
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Jack Duckworth confesses this to Jack who is disgusted with his grandson's behaviour and tells him that he is Terry's son.
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Later that year, Jack Duckworth meets Connie Rathbone, a widow and fellow pigeon enthusiast.
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Jack Duckworth is present in early-2010, when Molly and Tyrone are having marriage difficulties and is seen in the Rovers after the funeral of Blanche Hunt in May 2010.
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Jack Duckworth appears on 9 September 2010 to visit Molly, after she has just given birth, and is told her and Tyrone's son will be named Jack Duckworth in honour of him.
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Jack Duckworth initially tells Tyrone that he has simply missed living with them both.
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However, when Connie turns up at the house and cryptically demands why Jack Duckworth hasn't told them the real reason for his stay, he is forced to reveal the truth.
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On 8 October 2010, Jack Duckworth tells a Tyrone that he has an incurable form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and only has weeks to live, leaving Tyrone devastated.
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Jack Duckworth sends Sally Webster tickets for the opera after hearing her say that she always wanted to go.
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Jack Duckworth reveals to Molly that he overheard her and Kevin discussing baby Jack Duckworth's paternity.
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Later, after seeing Tyrone and Molly happy together with baby Jack Duckworth, he decides to quietly slip out of his own party saying his final words to Peter Barlow and then waving goodbye to Ken Barlow, who raises a glass to him as he leaves.
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Jack Duckworth goes home and whilst listening to a Matt Monro record "Softly As I Leave You", which Tyrone had given him as a present, he dies in his armchair and is joined by the ghost of Vera, who tells him off, yet again, for his scruffy appearance.
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Jack Duckworth tells Jack she'll be late for a bus and Jack's spirit leaves his body and gets out of his chair and dances with Vera and they share a kiss.
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Jack Duckworth was offered the guest role of Jack Duckworth for two episodes in November 1979.
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Jack Duckworth branded Jack's days of chasing "birds" as over and some of his greatest loves as being "booze and barmaids".
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Jack Duckworth has a "strange moral code" when it comes to his marriage.
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On 8 November 2010 Tarmey made his final appearance, with Jack Duckworth dying in his armchair at his old Coronation Street house, following a birthday party at the Rovers.
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Stuart Heritage of The Guardian stated that Jack Duckworth had iconic accessories which are his "golden-era glasses" stuck together with Elastoplast and his vest.
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