Overview

• Adamson portrayed Len Fairclough on Coronation Street from 1961 to 1983, appearing in 1,730 episodes.
• He was accused in 1983 of indecently assaulting two eight-year-old girls at a public swimming pool and was acquitted at Burnley Crown Court.
• ITV sacked him immediately after the allegations surfaced and writers killed off Len Fairclough by scripting a fatal heart attack behind the wheel.
• He received £110,000 for a newspaper interview in which he was reported to confess, though he later denied any sexual intent and no further police action followed.
• Financial turmoil led to his bankruptcy declaration in 1991, years of welfare dependence and social isolation, and he died of stomach cancer alone in Lincoln County Hospital at age 72.