{"id":24800,"date":"2025-01-23T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=24800"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T16:52:43","slug":"classic-emmerdale-saddest-deaths-today-alice-dingle-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/classic-emmerdale\/classic-emmerdale-saddest-deaths-today-alice-dingle-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Emmerdale to air one of soap’s saddest ever deaths today – and we’ve got all the tissues ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice Dingle takes her last breaths in Classic Emmerdale<\/a> today, in what is one of soap\u2019s saddest ever deaths.<\/p>

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When the episode was aired originally, back in the summer of 2006, it was quite controversial.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Alice\u2019s tragic death.<\/p>\n

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Sam agreed to help Alice die (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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How did Alice die in Classic Emmerdale?<\/h2>\n

Alice was diagnosed with cancer shortly after finding out she was pregnant. The doctors advised her to terminate her pregnancy so she could start treatment, but Alice refused.<\/p>\n

Instead, she waiting to start her chemotherapy until she had given birth to baby Samson in January 2006.<\/p>

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