Brookside star Dean Sullivan remembered as ‘soap icon’ following his death

Dean Sullivan died aged 68 following a ‘short illness’ (Ian West/PA)

Brookside star Dean Sullivan’s on-screen son and the Liverpool City Council are among those who have remembered him as a “soap icon”.

The Liverpudlian actor and director, who was best known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in the Mersey TV soap, died at the age of 68 on Wednesday following a “short illness”, his family said.