Dale Meeks | |
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Born | South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England | 6 May 1975
Died | 22 April 2023 47) South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England | (aged
Occupation(s) | Actor, production designer |
Years active | 1990–2023 |
Dale Meeks (6 May 1975 – 22 April 2023) was an English television and theatre actor. [1]
Meeks was best known for his role as Simon Meredith in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale [2] and as the winner of ITV's Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes with Mark Charnock as the Blues Brothers.
Meeks also starred in Byker Grove [3] as the leader of a gang from rival youth club Denton Burn for five series and played Hips in the BBC series Breeze Block .
Meeks toured the UK with the musical Chicago [4] and appeared in the West End production of Love Never Dies .
Meeks died from heart failure on 22 April 2023, at the age of 47. [5]
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