Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden) has passed away????

[rebbonk]

According to google news, it refers to the Daily Mirror site, which I can't access at the moment.

Edit, maybe not true as a later page says she's been rushed to hospital? - someone jumped the gun?

[dutchman]

She's out of hospital and back in the home now:

Jean Alexander's brother has spoken out about the Coronation Street star's health scare.

Kenneth Hodgkinson has now thanked fans for their support since the reports emerged, and revealed Alexander is out of hospital and recuperating in rehabilitation.

"She is very grateful for all the interest shown by the public in her. It is very kind of people to still be interested in her," Hodgkinson told The Mirror.

"She was taken in hospital on Monday. She did not feel too well in the morning. She was a little bit shaky so she was taken in and they tried to assess her to see what was the matter.

"We don't think it is serious, she is getting on very well," he said.

He added that Alexander still has "a bit of difficulty with walking", but is managing to walk with a frame.

"I've heard from the people there, in the home, that she is quite cheerful and she feels alright," he said.

"She seems reasonably chirpy and not in danger. From what I hear she is pottering about and so on. It seems to have passed over."