News about Kevin Kennedy

After a four-year manhunt, Tyler Adams, the 'Master of Disguise,' was arrested in California: A serial robber is a suspect in her mother's death in Mexico

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 28, 2023
Tyler Adams, 51, was arrested in Newport Beach, California, and is expected to be extradited to Hawaii this week, where he has been wanted since escaping state jail in 2019. Adams has been ordered to investigate in connection with his girlfriend Racquel Sabean's decomposing body discovered in a vehicle in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2022. Adams was serving time at the O'ahu Community Correctional Center for two criminal stealing convictions after he refused to return from a work furlough on May 21, 2019.

Coronation Street legend Ed Miliband is celebrating 25 years on social media

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 2, 2023
On social media, a Coronation Street legend is commemorates his 25th birthday. Kevin Kennedy, the 61-year-old actor best known for portraying Norman 'Curly' Watts from 1983 to 2003, posted a snapshot of himself holding up a sign. It read: '25 years sober today,' a poem from the '60's.'

As screenwriter John Stevenson dies at the age of 86, Coronation Street cast member John Stevenson honors the soap legend

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 7, 2023
Since he died on Thursday at the age of 86, the cast of Coronation Street has paid tribute to soap legend John Stevenson. The screenwriter, who wrote some of the programs' most memorable plot lines, appeared on more than 400 episodes before he died in 2006. John was on the soap for 40 years and curated stories such as Mike Baldwin's fight with dementia, Ernie Bishop's shooting, and the two-hander episode starring Raquel (Sarah Lancashire) and Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy).

Coronation Street couple look unrecognisable as they reunite after over 20 years apart

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 17, 2023
This week, Coronation Street fans were treated to a blast from the past as an iconic on-screen couple reunited after two decades. Before this week, Angela Lonsdale and Kevin Kennedy, who portrayed married couple Emma Taylor and Curly Watts in the soap, enjoyed a night out.

Kevin Kennedy of Corrie admits to sipping a bottle of vodka every day

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 10, 2023
Kevin Kennedy of Coronation Street has talked about his alcoholism as he celebrates his 25th birthday as sober and that his participation in the program was a'reprieve' for him in the case of his heroin use. Norman 'Curly' Watts appeared on the Manchester-based soap for 20 years from 1983 to 2003, and he was a fan favorite as a loveable character whose prized possession was a telescope. Kevin, however, was fighting an alcohol use behind closed doors, although he admits he will drink a bottle of vodka on his way to the Corrie set every day, followed by three bottles of wine, speed, and cocaine at night.

Since the mother's body was discovered in Mexico, a boyfriend with more than a dozen aliases on the run in the United States

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 21, 2022
A 'foul odor' had arisen from a Volkswagen Jetta that had been parked on a street - 1400 block Calle del Cantil, Jardines Section, Playas de Tijuana. Authorities in Tijuana discovered a rotting body inside a red and white cooler that was inside the trunk of the vehicle. According to CBS8 News, David Sabean, the victim's mother, revealed that his daughter's neck had been broken. He is a wanted criminal from Hawaii's second degree, according to the authorities. In September 2020, a warrant was released. In an exclusive interview with the US Sun, Racquel's father said he 'would bet my life' that Adams is his daughter's killer.

Kevin Kennedy of Coronation Street recalls being hit by a "massive blackout-stroke" during the alcohol war

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 20, 2022
Kevin Kennedy of Coronation Street recalled suffering from a'massive blackout-stroke' during his battle with alcoholism on Saturday. The actor, 60, who appeared on Curly Watts from 1983 to 2003, described the frightening period as life changing as it gave him the courage to stop drinking. Kevin told The Sun how he died after going two days without alcohol in May 1998, causing him to come clean to the soaps bosses.