Coronation Street star Johnny Briggs 'cut his drug addict daughter out of his ...

Coronation Street star Johnny Briggs 'cut his drug addict daughter out of his ...
Coronation Street star Johnny Briggs 'cut his drug addict daughter out of his ...

Coronation Street legend Johnny Briggs cut his drug addict daughter out of his £550,000 will it has been revealed.

Johnny, who died in February aged 85, was on the ITV soap for 30 years, playing the cockney businessman Mike Baldwin.

The actor earned £200,000 a year on the show before leaving Weatherfield in 2006.

His UK fortune and US assets - including a house in Florida, was left to five of his six children.

The Sun has revealed how the soap star deliberately left out his eldest daughter, Karen Briggs, from his will after he disowned her in 1980.

The relationship broke down after Karen, 55, allegedly gave her own 14-year-old daughter Class A drugs.

Johnny Briggs, who played Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street from 1976 to 2006, left his eldest daughter out of his will

Johnny Briggs, who played Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street from 1976 to 2006, left his eldest daughter out of his will

Karen Briggs, 55, has blamed her heroin addiction on her late father's infidelities

Karen Briggs, 55, has blamed her heroin addiction on her late father's infidelities

The father/daughter relationship broke down after Karen (right), 55, allegedly gave her own 14-year-old daughter, Emma Beach, (left) Class A drugs

The father/daughter relationship broke down after Karen (right), 55, allegedly gave her own 14-year-old daughter, Emma Beach, (left) Class A drugs

Emma Beach (pictured) was jailed with her mother in 2016 for stealing bikes to pay for drugs

Emma Beach (pictured) was jailed with her mother in 2016 for stealing bikes to pay for drugs

His estate was reportedly split equally

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