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Template:Coronation Street character John 'Jack' Walker was a fictional character in the British television soap opera Coronation Street between 1960 and 1970. The character was portrayed by Arthur Leslie.

Jack was born on the 26th April, 1901 in Accrington, Lancashire. He was born to his parents Joan and Amos who was a vetinerean. Jack married the love of his life Annie Beaumont in 1937, this was when the couple bought the Rovers Return Inn they ran it together and Annie fell pregnant and gave gave birth to a son, Billy Walker in 1938 - Annie spoilt him rotten and later Annie gave birth to Joan, the apple of Jack's eye. Jack soon had to go and ight or his country in the war and Annie was left to run the pub on her own and Jack later returned. Jack became the long-suffering husband of Annie who was a snob and saw herself as a more educated person than the rest of the people on Coronation Street, Jack had to put up with Annie's antics and enjoyed watching his daughter Joan marry in 1961. Jack and Annie were also offered the Royal Oak by the brewery but the decided that their heart belonged in the Rovers Return, in 1964, Annie left Jack ater she suspected him of cheating on her, Jack remained calm as he knew that she was just being silly, Annie soon realised her error and made it sharply behind her bar again. Annie suspected that Jack was having an affair with Elsie Tanner in 1967, but Annie had got the wrong end of the stick as Jack wanted Elsie to make some clothing for Annie. Jack also helped his good friend Ena Sharples recover from the death of her daughter in 1967. In 1969, the residents of Coronation Sreet arranged a trip but the coach crashed and Jack was left in a bad way, which left Annie in tears, but good old Jack recovered in time to serve behind the bar again. Jack and Annie had ran the rovers for 33 years when Jack fell ill and went to stay with his daughter Joan in Derbyshire, Jack sadly died of heart attack, off-screen, after Arthur Leslie died in 1970, he was the first major character to have to be written out because of an ator's death. Jack left a devasted street of residents and a heartbroken wife, but as Jack would've wanted, the Rovers remained open and Annie continued to be landlady, he had many friends on the street and the death was a shock to viewers.

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