Enthronement Street’s Rita Tanner Testament be “diagnosed with dementia” in a heartrending storyline that will bunch up pace this year.
The Wetherfield account, played by Barbara Knox, has already started to exhibit signs of the disease in scenes that aghast fans earlier this workweek.
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Her character Rita Coin will tackle the subject of dementedness
On Monday night, Rita, who ahead stepped onto the cobbles in 1964, appeared to cease to remember that she was on the one who bought Gemma Wintertime a mug to use at The Kabin.
Commenting that the “Little Be absent from Trouble” mug was “perfect” for her helper, Gemma rapidly corrected her and explained that Rita had in reality given it to her.
Without her ever in duration sidekick Norris Cole to bony on, after his friendship with Madonna Taylor took off, Rita manifest to be facing her worst fears exclusive.
Although she tried to laugh of the concern, fans feared the worst and took to Peep in their hundreds.
One tweeted: “Oh. Rita forgot she got Gemma’s cup. Possibly she’s going to get Alzheimer’s or dementedness.”
Another wrote: “Oh no !!! Are they passing to bring in a dementia storyline for Rita?”
As Writer Cole and Mary Taylor core on their wedding, Rita terror she could be facing the illness only
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Fans of the display are terrified for her
ITV bosses have already excited an “enormous storyline” for the star, and it appears likely the dementia storyline Testament span the rest of the year.
Rita is an image of the soap and over the years, she’s been at the gist of some of the biggest moments in Investiture Street’s history.
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The maven first stepped onto the cobbles in 1964
Celebrated for her terrible luck when it or literary draw nigh to men, Rita’s never had an easy heart on the soap.
Most recently, she became an net sensation about having too diverse drinks in the Rover’s Return and saltation to Beyonce.
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