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<\/p>\nCoronation Street\u2019s Maureen Lipman has revealed she\u2019s bagged a new beau – two years after her long-term partner sadly died. <\/p>\n
The soap star, 77, who plays Tyrone\u2019s grandma Evelyn Plummer, faced heartbreak in 2011 when previous partner of 13 years, Guido Castro passed away.<\/p>\n
The computer expert, who also suffered from Parkinson\u2019s Disease, died aged 84 after he contracted Covid.<\/p>\n
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And now, Maureen, whose career spans over five decades, has struck up a relationship with a new \u201cgentlemen friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
And things seem to going well for the pair as she\u2019s even bringing him along to the NTA\u2019s – where she is up for Best Serial Drama Performance.<\/p>\n
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In an interview with the Sunday Express, Dame Maureen revealed: \u201cI\u2019m going with my gentleman friend David \u2013 it\u2019s a baptism of fire for him. The most important thing is that I find a dress.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked about her unexpected relationship, she added: \u201cIt\u2019s a gift for all concerned. It\u2019s a gift and he\u2019s been very nice. I\u2019ve met some nice men in my life, some really interesting men, and we will see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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After 13 years together, Maureen was left heartbroken when her partner Guido Castro passed away tragically in 2021.<\/p>\n
Maureen was at the businessman's side when he died following a battle with coronavirus which left him "weakened<\/p>\n
The star said Guido, who was 84, contracted the virus days after receiving a dose of the coronavirus vaccine, but attributes his death to a form of Parkinson's Disease.<\/p>\n
Dame Maureen explained her long-term partner's death: "He got Covid \u2013 it wasn't Covid that killed him but it weakened him terribly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don't know how he got it or when or if he had it when he got the vaccine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Addressing her final moments with him, she said "It was not a good way to go," as she spoke in a joint chat with her Celebrity Gogglebox co-star Gyles Brandreth.<\/p>\n
"You can\u2019t express what it\u2019s like not to be able to touch somebody when you\u2019re in this [protective gear], and he\u2019s in that, and then there\u2019s a screen, and you can see them disintegrating in life, and you can\u2019t do anything.<\/p>\n
"And in the end, you know, the daughters and I were creeping in through a french window, and sitting there \u2013 masks, gloves, pinnies."<\/p>\n
Prior to her relationship with Guido, Dame Maureen was married to playwright Jack Rosenthal until his death in 2004.<\/p>\n
The two share two children, Amy and Adam. <\/p>\n
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