What is Bill Tarmey?
{{Infobox person | name = Bill Tarmey GBE | image = | imagesize = 200px | caption = Tarmey as Jack Duckworth in 2007 | birth_name = William Piddington | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|4|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Manchester|Ardwick, Manchester]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|11|9|1941|4|4|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]] | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer|comedian}} | years_active = 1968–2012 | spouse = Alma Tarmey <br> (m. 1962–2012; his death) | children = Carl (1966–2019) <br> Sara (born 1970) }} '''Bill Tarmey''' (born '''William Piddington''' [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]]; 4 April 1941 &ndash; 9 November 2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a437024/coronation-street-jack-duckworth-actor-bill-tarmey-dies-aged-71.html|title='Coronation Street' Jack Duckworth actor Bill Tarmey dies, aged 71|work=Digital Spy|date=9 November 2012|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111074743/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a437024/coronation-street-jack-duckworth-actor-bill-tarmey-dies-aged-71.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] actor, singer, author, and comedian, he was best known for playing the role of Jack Duckworth in the long-running [[ITV]] [[soap opera]], ''[[Coronation Street]]'', first playing the role in 1979, he played the role regularly from 1983 to 2010. Tarmey was born on 4 April 1941 in [[Manchester|Ardwick, Manchester]], [[England]]. He was married to Alma Tarmey from 1962 until his death in 2012. They had a son and daughter. Tarmey died on the morning of 9 November 2012 in [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]] from a [[heart attack]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street--bill-tarmeys-2096764|title=Coronation Street: Bi