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The Bob Hope actor suffered heartbreak in 2017 when wife Ruth died of pancreatic cancer aged 43

Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw, who has played Bob Hope on the Dales for more than 20 years, lost his wife Ruth to pancreatic cancer in April 2017

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Tony Audenshaw's character Bob Hope been a part of Emmerdale life for 22 years but did have another role on the soap

From Jon Stewart to Seth MacFarlane, the quality of Oscars hosts has fluctuated immensely

The character, played by Tony Audenshaw, showed off a new style

Lancashire-born actor Tony Audenshaw is best known for playing Bob Hope in Emmerdale but soap fans might not be aware of his other passion away from the village

CHICAGO — Many years ago, sitting in his office high atop the Wrigley Building, Mike King was telling me about the many people he had worked with in his long career as a sound engineer — a star-studded crowd that included Jonathan Winters, Burgess Meredith, Bob Newhart, Ellen Barkin, Dionne…

You might not know Tony Audenshaw played a different character in Emmerdale before finding fame as Bob Hope