Emmerdale and Coronation Street director Peter Rose died on Saturday, January 17. The news was confirmed by his friend Kathryn Davies in an Instagram post. Alongside footage of him enjoying a lunch, she penned: "RIP.. Peter Rose, Director, Howards End, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale. So sudden, Happy we did lunch in December, nobody to tell me off now! Bless you."
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