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Louise Randell & Sophie McCoid

Coronation Street star Neville Buswell dies aged 77

Coronation Street star Neville Buswell has died aged 77.

The actor, who played love rat Ray Langton in the ITV soap, passed away on Christmas Day.

An obituary published by an undertakers in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas shared his picture with a sweet poem as a tribute - reports Mirror Online.

Neville first joined Corrie in 1966 before leaving later that year. He returned in 1968 and was a regular cast member for 10 years.

His character Ray famously married Deirdre Barlow and then abandoned her with young daughter Tracey to move to Amsterdam.

Ray Langton (Neville Buswell), and Deirdre Langton (Anne Kirkbride) with baby Tracy Barlow (Granada Television)

He was written out of the soap in 1978 and moved to the US - ending up living in Las Vegas, where he worked as a croupier in casinos.

He did appear in a bit role in a one-off special Viva Las Vegas in 1997.

And he made a brief return to Corrie in 2005 for a six-week run.

In the show, Ray died of lung cancer at Deirdre's wedding to Ken Barlow, and Buswell later retired from acting for good.

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