{"id":11169,"date":"2024-10-15T14:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T13:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=11169"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T13:34:58","slug":"fans-praise-respectful-emmerdale-zak-death-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/fans-praise-respectful-emmerdale-zak-death-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans praise ‘respectful’ Emmerdale over Zak’s death storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale fans have praised the ITV soap for taking its time with Zak Dingle<\/a>\u2018s<\/a> death storyline following actor Steve Halliwell\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>

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Steve passed away in December 2023, but it is only now, 10 months later, that his character Zak is receiving an on-screen funeral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fans of Emmerdale have called this move \u2018respectful\u2019 as it\u2019s allowed Steve\u2019s family to grieve first.<\/p>\n

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Steve Halliwell\u2019s death<\/h2>\n

Following news of Steve\u2019s death, his family released a statement, which read: \u201cHe went to sleep, peacefully with his loved ones around him. He was making us laugh to the end, the most amazing father and grandfather you could ever wish for, family was everything to him. We would like to thank the wonderful staff at St James Hospital and the Wheatfield Hospice for their love and kindness in his final days. He didn\u2019t want sadness, just to rejoice in a life well lived.\u201d<\/p>\n

The soap also shared a statement, where it said: \u201cSteve will forever be synonymous with Emmerdale. The proud defender and head of the Dingle family. Heart and humour in all he did, it has been and always will be impossible not to smile when you think of him.\u201d<\/p>

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