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	[[File:Tony Warren.jpg\|thumb\|Tony Warren on the Coronation Street set]]'''Tony Warren''' (Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (1936–2016) was an actor and television scriptwriter, best known as the creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]''.		[[File:Tony Warren.jpg\|thumb\|Tony Warren on the Coronation Street set]]'''Tony Warren''' (Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (1936–2016) was an actor and television scriptwriter, best known as the creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]''.

	He was born in [[Pendlebury]], Lancashire. He trained at the Elliott-Clarke theatre school in Liverpool, and adopted Warren as a stage name in his early acting career.		He was born in [[Pendlebury]], Lancashire. He trained at the Elliott-Clarke theatre school in [[Liverpool]], and adopted Warren as a stage name in his early acting career.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

Ross Burgess at 01:07, 4 March 2016

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	'''Tony Warren''' (Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (1936–2016) was an actor and television scriptwriter, best known as the creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]''.		[[File:Tony Warren.jpg\|thumb\|Tony Warren on the Coronation Street set]]'''Tony Warren''' (Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (1936–2016) was an actor and television scriptwriter, best known as the creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]''.

	He was born in [[Pendlebury]], Lancashire. He trained at the Elliott-Clarke theatre school in Liverpool, and adopted Warren as a stage name in his early acting career.		He was born in [[Pendlebury]], Lancashire. He trained at the Elliott-Clarke theatre school in Liverpool, and adopted Warren as a stage name in his early acting career.

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	Warren was openly gay from his early years on ''Coronation Street'', at a time when [[Sexual Offences Act 1967\|homosexuality was illegal]]. He said that he experienced ~~much [[~~homophobic]] treatment from some of the other writers.<ref>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1006/1006748_corrie_creators_jail_fear.html "Corrie creator's jail fear" ''Manchester Evening News''</ref> Warren also battled with drug and alcohol addiction before attending rehabilitation.<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broacasting/s3/coronation-street/news/a268981/live-50-years-of-coronation-street.html ''Digitalspy'' – "50 years of Coronation Street"]</ref>		Warren was openly gay from his early years on ''Coronation Street'', at a time when [[Sexual Offences Act 1967\|homosexuality was illegal]]. He said that he experienced homophobic treatment from some of the other writers.<ref>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1006/1006748_corrie_creators_jail_fear.html "Corrie creator's jail fear" ''Manchester Evening News''</ref> Warren also battled with drug and alcohol addiction before attending rehabilitation.<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broacasting/s3/coronation-street/news/a268981/live-50-years-of-coronation-street.html ''Digitalspy'' – "50 years of Coronation Street"]</ref>
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	'''Tony Warren''' (Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (1936–2016) was a television scriptwriter, best known as the creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]''.		'''Tony Warren''' (Anthony McVay Simpson, MBE (1936–2016) was an actor and television scriptwriter, best known as the creator of ''[[Coronation Street]]''.

			He was born in [[Pendlebury]], Lancashire. He trained at the Elliott-Clarke theatre school in Liverpool, and adopted Warren as a stage name in his early acting career.

			==Personal life==
			Warren was openly gay from his early years on ''Coronation Street'', at a time when [[Sexual Offences Act 1967\|homosexuality was illegal]]. He said that he experienced much [[homophobic]] treatment from some of the other writers.<ref>http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1006/1006748_corrie_creators_jail_fear.html "Corrie creator's jail fear" ''Manchester Evening News''</ref> Warren also battled with drug and alcohol addiction before attending rehabilitation.<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broacasting/s3/coronation-street/news/a268981/live-50-years-of-coronation-street.html ''Digitalspy'' – "50 years of Coronation Street"]</ref>
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