{"id":11447,"date":"2024-10-16T19:25:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=11447"},"modified":"2024-10-16T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:36:35","slug":"emmerdale-steve-halliwell-multiple-health-struggles-stint-prison-homelessness-actors-life-farewell-zak-dingle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/emmerdale-steve-halliwell-multiple-health-struggles-stint-prison-homelessness-actors-life-farewell-zak-dingle\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale star Steve Halliwell: Multiple health struggles, stint in prison and homelessness – inside the actor’s life as soap says farewell to Zak Dingle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale is this week paying tribute to the legendary Steve Halliwell, who played Zak Dingle<\/a> on the ITV soap.<\/p>

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Steve died aged 77 in December 2023. Now Zak is having his farewell on screen. The episodes this week have been moving and emotional and fans have called the soap \u2018respectful\u2019 for the way they have handled Steve\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear everyone on and off screen at Emmerdale, as well as millions of fans, will miss both Steve and Zak very much. But with the actor having been off screen for long stretches of time, viewers had already started to fear for Zak\u2019s future before Steve passed away.<\/p>\n

In real life, Steve underwent a secret health battle in 2018 after a mysterious absence from screens. And prior to this he had been open about his mental health struggles too.<\/p>

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Zak Dingle in Emmerdale was one of the soap\u2019s most iconic characters (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emmerdale star Steve Halliwell dies aged 77<\/h2>\n

The soap released a statement on December 15, 2023 confirming the Zak Dingle actor had died \u201cpeacefully\u201d.<\/p>

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