Coronation Street actor's husband dies after jumping into freezing pool of water

The actor's husband suffered a sudden brain haemorrhage after jumping into a pool of freezing water

Carol pictured with her family. Picture: Carol Royle/Instagram.

Coronation Street actor Carol Royle has said her family’s “hearts are aching” after the death of her husband.

Taking to Instagram this week, Royle said she was “desperately sorry” to post the news that they had lost her “wonderful husband” Julian Spear on December 9.

She described him as “a perfectly fit man” but said he had a sudden brain haemorrhage after jumping into a pool of freezing water.

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“Perfectly fit man but jumped into a freezing pool which he assumed was heated as per usual yesterday, and he developed a sudden massive brain haemorrhage - our hearts are aching,” she posted on the social media platform.

The actress, who joined the Coronation Street cast this year, had been married to Spear for almost five decades and the couple had two children together, according to ITV.

Her husband worked in the music industry, and was the son of actor Bernard Spear who starred in the 1968 classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.