Emmerdale and Coronation Street director Peter Rose died on Saturday, January 17. The news was confirmed by his friend, screenwriter and author Harry Duffin in a Facebook post. Alongside an image of Peter standing near the sea he wrote: "It is very sad to say that a great friend of ours, Peter Rose has died last weekend. I met him when we worked together on HOWARDS WAY in the 1980s. He was a director and I was script editor. He went on to direct for CORONATION STREET, EASTENDERS and EMMERDALE until last year. Even though we left London we stayed friends together and met whenever we could. His partner, Mick Cawson and Peter spent holidays at our villa when we lived in Spain. He was a lovely man, and Chris and I will miss him very much."
Another friend friend Kathryn Davies also paid in an Instagram post. Alongside footage of him enjoying a lunch, she penned: "RIP.. Peter Rose, Director, Howards End, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale. So sudden, Happy we did lunch in December, nobody to tell me off now! Bless you."
Responding to Harry's post many others chimed in to pay tribute to the director who was nominated for Scene Of The Year at the 2015 British Soap Awards for "Deirdre Throws the Trifle".
"I am so upset to hear this news. Peter was such a lovely man. We had so much fun co casting Howards Way together," one shared.
"So sorry Harry. We expect our friends will be around just as they always were and it’s always a shock when they aren’t! You and Chris must be devastated. Very hard," another added.
"Such sad news. He was always fun and so witty," a third commented.
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