Maid Marian
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Emmerdale actor Hornby dies at 63yah5.gif  What a shock, I didn't realise he was that ill!!
Actor Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in ITV1 soap Emmerdale, has died at the age of 63.
It was announced in January that Hornby would be taking a break from the soap because of ill health.
The star had been in Emmerdale for 28 years after signing up on a three-month contract and was the soap's longest-serving cast member.
Hornby, the third actor to play Jack Sugden, enjoyed success as drummer with 1960s Liverpool band The Dennisons.
Emmerdale series producer Anita Turner said she was "deeply saddened" by "a devastating loss".
"Clive will be greatly missed by everyone who has worked with him on Emmerdale during the past 28 years," she said.
"He was a hugely popular and well-respected member of cast and a terrific actor."
After The Dennisons split up, Hornby became an actor, attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before working in repertory theatre.
He went on to appear in a number of TV shows including Gerry Anderson's Space 1999 and army sitcom Get Some In, which also starred My Family actor Robert Lindsay.
He also featured in comedy series Minder alongside George Cole.
Hornby's Emmerdale character married three times and had five children.
Jack, the farmer son of Jacob and Annie Sugden, married teenage sweetheart Pat in 1982 but she died in 1986 leaving him to bring up their baby, Robert, on his own.
In 1994, second wife Sarah Connolly died in a barn fire.
Jack later married pub landlady Diane Blackstock.
Speaking last year to the Daily Mirror about his early days in the show, Hornby said: "It really was about farming then - I'd milk the cows, drive the combine harvester, plough fields.
"On my first day on location, we had to deliver a calf.
"I wish there could be more of that stuff because we've got this lovely backdrop we don't use as much."
The actor noted that he still wore the same flat cap he was given on his first day.
Source - BBC
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julie
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Cancer took hold really fast from what I have heard elsewhere, very sad news, my thoughts are with his family at this time.
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Kellie
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Gosh i knew he was ill but that soon got him fast yah5.gif
I bet the Emmerdale cast will be gutted at this news 045.gif
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Crazychick
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yah5.gif I really didn't realise just how ill he was. That is very sad news
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Zodiac
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 sad day for Emmerdale.... he was part of the furniture. :-(
He will be missed. How did they/or will they write him out of the soap.
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julie
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He is visiting Annie in Spain at the moment with Victoria. So it could be a car crash or something.
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Zodiac
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Cheers Julie 
Good ol Annie huh... still going! I remember those days....
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julie
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Soap stars have joined the family of Emmerdale actor Clive Hornby for his funeral.
Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in the ITV1 soap for almost 30 years, died earlier this month at the age of 63.
Elizabeth Estensen, who plays his on-screen wife Diane, read a eulogy at the service at Rawdon Crematorium, in Leeds.
And among the many other members of the current cast who paid their respects was Kelvin Fletcher, who plays troubled Andy Sugden.
Former stars of the ITV1 drama, including Claire King and Malandra Burrows, were also present.
Hornby was the longest-serving cast member in Emmerdale's history, a fixture in the soap for 28 years.
His last scenes were broadcast in February but the star had been determined to beat a mystery illness and return to work.
Hornby first walked on to the Emmerdale set on February 19, 1980, after being offered a three-month contract.
He took over the role from Andrew Burt, who had played Sugden since the first episode.
His character was married three times, had five children, and suffered plenty of on-screen strife. Despite the changes to the show, originally called Emmerdale Farm, one thing remained consistent for flat cap and wax jacket-wearing Sugden.
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lolly
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 i didnt even realise he was ill!
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