Antony Cotton devastated as Coronation Street co-star dies aged just 38

Antony Cotton has been left devastated as one of his Coronation Street co-stars died at the age of just 38. Matthew Owens worked as a fire safety advisor on set of the ITV soap, as well as contributing to programmes for the BBC.

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