As the Dingles wait anxiously for a donor heart to become available for young Sarah, village star Sally Dexter – who plays the teenager’s greatgran Faith – has opened up about similar health issues that have affected her real-life family.
While discussing the soap plot on This Morning, Sally revealed that both her father and brother died following cardiac problems.
“My father, when he was 29, was told that he had 10 years to live,” she shared with hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. “With three children, that’s not what he wanted to hear. But with diet and exercise, he made it to 70.”
Sadly, however, Sally’s brother didn’t manage to reach the same age.
“He kind of went the other way, but he had a great time doing it,”…
