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Emmerdale's Rodney in health battle
From The Mirror
EMMERDALE actor Patrick Mower may be forced to take a break from the show after doctors revealed he is suffering from a serious illness.
The determined 66-year-old star - rogue Roger Blackstock in the soap - has told close friends he will fight the condition.
Veteran actor Patrick, who lives in Louth, Lincs, with his second wife Anya, 38, and their six-year-old son Maxim, may have to pull out of filming while he is treated for the illness.
A close associate of the 70s heart-throb said: "Everyone is worried but he is determined to beat this. He will stay with Emmerdale because he loves it - and this will not stop him.
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"The scriptwriters are looking at the plots involving him in case he needs to pull out at short notice for treatment." The condition is not cancer but is said to be "serious".
Mower's rugged good looks helped him to become a housewives' favourite with tough-guy roles in series such as Callan, Special Branch and Target.
His father Archie thought he must be gay if he wanted to act and he revealed in an interview with the Daily Mirror that their terrible relationship made him a better dad to his own young son. He travels 88 miles from his home to the Emmerdale set in Leeds and back again every day to spend time with his family.
Patrick admitted: "Maxim and Anya are my life."
Anya is 28 years his junior - but he said: "I keep fit with exercise, swimming, golf and tennis so I don't see age as a problem."
Mower also has two children from a previous marriage - Simon, 41 and Claudia, 37.
EMMERDALE actor Patrick Mower may be forced to take a break from the show after doctors revealed he is suffering from a serious illness.
The determined 66-year-old star - rogue Roger Blackstock in the soap - has told close friends he will fight the condition.
Veteran actor Patrick, who lives in Louth, Lincs, with his second wife Anya, 38, and their six-year-old son Maxim, may have to pull out of filming while he is treated for the illness.
A close associate of the 70s heart-throb said: "Everyone is worried but he is determined to beat this. He will stay with Emmerdale because he loves it - and this will not stop him.
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"The scriptwriters are looking at the plots involving him in case he needs to pull out at short notice for treatment." The condition is not cancer but is said to be "serious".
Mower's rugged good looks helped him to become a housewives' favourite with tough-guy roles in series such as Callan, Special Branch and Target.
His father Archie thought he must be gay if he wanted to act and he revealed in an interview with the Daily Mirror that their terrible relationship made him a better dad to his own young son. He travels 88 miles from his home to the Emmerdale set in Leeds and back again every day to spend time with his family.
Patrick admitted: "Maxim and Anya are my life."
Anya is 28 years his junior - but he said: "I keep fit with exercise, swimming, golf and tennis so I don't see age as a problem."
Mower also has two children from a previous marriage - Simon, 41 and Claudia, 37.
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that's very sad, i hope he recovers soon. BTW, where did they get "Roger" from?
'Emmerdale's Patrick Mower (Rodney) in health battle'
is what the story actually IS!
Maybe a few words of good luck for Mr. Mower would have been more respectable in this thread, Flukie
PM is in the New of the World today, apparently speaking "exclusively" to them, and has said he hasn't booked himself in for the op yet as there is a big storyline involving him.
You have to laugh at putting the operation off for a storyline.... "Never mind your sight, you've got a storyline to film". Although I'm sure it wasn't quite like that
ha ha. No, he was saying he was using the storyline as more of an excuse than anything because he is too scared to actually book the operation. It sounds horrible, and there is a chance he may go blind anyway as it is a very very delicate operation
Yeah, I just this second read the interview. That was really sad and he apparently was close to tears when he said that was the real reason
Didn't realize he had such a young child, too!
Poor Patrick. Well, lets hope the op is a success and he can live life to the full. Life is cruel and unfair