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Dale Meeks

English actor (1974-2023)

Dale Meeks (6 May 1974, 22 April 2023) was an English television and theatre actor.

01Acting career

Meeks was best known for his role as Simon Meredith in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale 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 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 and appeared in the West End production of Love Never Dies.

02Death

Meeks died from heart failure at South Shields, South Tyneside District Hospital on 22 April 2023 at 5:34pm, at the age of 48.

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