{"id":36873,"date":"2025-04-15T16:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=36873"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:12:29","slug":"tony-audenshaw-emmerdale-heartbreaking-death-wife-marathon-runner-former-world-record-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/tony-audenshaw-emmerdale-heartbreaking-death-wife-marathon-runner-former-world-record-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Audenshaw and his life away from Emmerdale: Heartbreaking death of his wife, marathon runner and former world record holder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Audenshaw, who has played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/tag\/bob-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Hope<\/a> in Emmerdale for over 25 years, is quite the seasoned runner away from the village, having run over 50 marathons. His next one will see him run in memory of his late wife, Ruth.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle-1st\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>His running has taken him all around the world, from London to Amsterdam and New York. Running was also a hobby he shared with Ruth.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth tragically died in 2017 and Tony will be running the London Marathon in 2025 for an astonishing 15th time to raise money for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk\/\">Pancreatic Cancer UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36923\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36923\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.emmerdale-insider.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_editorial_7551586cy-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony has run the London Marathon 14 times (Credit: Alan Davidson\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:min-h-[300px]\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"ad-slot1\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Emmerdale fave Tony Audenshaw has run over 50 marathons<\/h2>\n<p>Tony Audenshaw is a seasoned runner and this year will be his 15th London Marathon. He\u2019s also ticked off plenty of marathons in other locations \u2013 putting us all to shame.<\/p>\n<p>Tony used to run to get good times, but after an injury admitted he started doing it in fancy dress instead. In 2010 he set the Guinness World Record for the fatest marathon time by a runner dressed as a baby! 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class=\"!text-[var(--color-v-white)] text-xs rounded-xl px-2 py-1 absolute bg-[var(--color-v-primary)] bottom-3 left-3\"> Thu, Apr 30<\/span>                <\/div>\n              <h4 class=\"!font-semibold !text-sm md:!text-base !leading-[var(--title-line-height)] mt-2 max-sm:line-clamp-5 line-clamp-4 text-base font-semibold\">Moira recruits Dawn, Todd beds in and hope for Bear<\/h4>\n              <span class=\"text-xs text-[var(--color-v-primary-dark)] align-baseline absolute bottom-2\">6 days ago<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"story-item mx-auto flex-none md:hidden sm:block w-[300px]\">\n    <div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden dbxgas:mb-0!\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle-mpu\"><\/div><\/div>    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve run London 14 times in the past. So I know what\u2019s ahead of me,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/15\/emmerdale-legend-tony-audenshaw-reveals-moving-reason-running-london-marathon-22880505\/\">Metro.co.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not nervous or worried about it. I mean, I say that I had a dream the other day, I had a marathon dream. Just worried that I couldn\u2019t find it, which is quite natural. But I suppose it\u2019s normal at this time of year. I feel okay. I feel quite fit, which is really good.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div><div data-ad-slot=\"ad-slot2\"><\/div>\n<p>He is running the marathon for Pancreatic Cancer UK in memory of his wife Ruth, who died from the disease.<\/p><div class=\"my-5 boxout\"><div><h2 class=\"!text-2xl p-3 !my-0 bg-[var(--color-v-primary)]\">Don't miss a single story! 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They had two children together, George and Emily.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Ruth was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015 and she died from the illness in 2017. Speaking about their shared love of running and Ruth\u2019s death, Tony told the Metro: \u201cRuth did, I think, 10 marathons and she did a couple of ultras.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe both got our best ever time in any marathon at the London Marathon in 2006. So it\u2019s a very special place for us. And I last ran it in 2015. And that year was the year that Ruth was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was only young, she was only in her early 40s. She lived for 17 months after that, which is quite a long time for somebody with pancreatic cancer. Half the people who have it die within three months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Ruth died, she left a note for Tony, which read: \u201cIf you run London again, will you do it for pancreatic cancer?\u201d And that\u2019s exactly what he is doing.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Speaking on This Morning in 2022, Tony said following Ruth\u2019s diagnosis, they decided to \u2018\u201dlive life like you are retired\u201d. And he opened up about how amazing his wife was to carry on despite the prognosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe met up with friends, she carried on cycling because she loved cycling and it was a case of not being stuck in the hospital all the time or going for appointments all the time, getting out on that bike and feeling the wind on her hair,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36922\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36922\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.emmerdale-insider.com\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_editorial_673498dw-672x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He landed the role of Bob in Emmerdale in 2000 (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Tony\u2019s early years<\/h2>\n<p>Tony was born in Denton in Lancashire in 1965. He got into acting via amateur theatre and would perform songs and sketches he had written.<\/p>\n<p>At one point he took a job at Thorpe Park, but he couldn\u2019t afford accommodation, so he slept in his car.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Speaking on Loose Women in 2019, Tony said: \u201cI used to work at Thorpe Park, the theme park, I used to be in the Thorpe Park rangers and do the voices. Up North things are much cheaper. I came down here in the 80s, and it was \u00a370 for a B&amp;B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIf I was down for five nights I would sleep in the car, because I didn\u2019t have much money coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He soon landed on his feet when he got the role of PC Ian Coban in Channel 4 soap Brookside in 1994. He landed the role of Bob Hope in Emmerdale in 2000, and the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23246\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23246\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.emmerdale-insider.com\/uploads\/2025\/01\/29_01_emm_bob_manpreet_02-1024x849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"849\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony has played Bob for over 25 years (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>25 years of Bob Hope in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n<p>Not many people stick around on soaps for a quarter of a century, but Tony is one who did. He first played Bob Hope in September 2000 when his character came to the Dales as a sales representative for Naughty Nylons.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Bob soon started a relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/viv-hope-in-emmerdale-marriage-to-bob-fiery-death-and-actress-deena-paynes-deep-hurt-over-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viv Windsor<\/a>. They married, then divorced, before remarrying in 2006. Despite believing Viv wouldn\u2019t fall pregnant naturally due to her age, the couple were shocked when it was revealed Viv was not only pregnant, but that it was twins!<\/p>\n<p>Cathy and Heathcliffe were born in 2007. But heartbreak was ahead when Viv was sent to prison and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/classic-emmerdale\/classic-emmerdale-viv-bob-scenes-proof-killing-her-off-soaps-biggest-mistakes-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died in the shop explosion<\/a> following her release.<\/p>\n<p>Bob went on to marry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/tag\/brenda-walker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brenda Walker<\/a>, but the relationship didn\u2019t last long due to him being in love with Laurel, whom he had had an affair with.<\/p><div class=\"dbxgas:ad-container dbxgas:double-mpu-container dbxgas:block dbxgas:md:hidden\"><div class=\"dbxgas:slot\" data-ad-slot=\"inarticle\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Bob is currently single as he continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/emmerdale-bob-tribute-heath-reminder-teen-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grieve for son Heath<\/a>, who tragically died in a car crash last year.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his milestone 25th year, Tony said: \u201cIt\u2019s going to work and spending time with people that you like and get on with and doing interesting different things every day. 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