Coronation Street’s Daniel Osbourne will be seen fighting back tears as he attends his wife
Sinead Tinker’s funeral, following her death from cervical cancer.
Wearing a navy three-piece suit, the grieving widower – played by Rob Mallard, 27 –
kneels at the site of
his late wife’s flower-covered grave as he takes a solitary moment to bid farewell to Sinead.
Making the sombre occasion all the more heart-wrenching, a white floral ‘mummy’ tribute rests at the side of the grave from tragic Sinead’s baby son Bertie, who was in the midst of being read his bedtime story when she passed away.
Fighting back tears: Coronation Street’s Daniel Osbourne will be seen fighting back tears as he attends his wife Sinead Tinker’s funeral, following her death from cervical cancer
Pallbearers will be seen carrying Sinead’s wicker casket – covered with flowers and decorated with multi-coloured ribbons – to her final resting place.
The scenes come after Sinead, played by Katie McGlynn, was seen losing her hard-fought battle with the devastating disease during Friday night’s episode of Corrie.
Cast members of the popular ITV soap shot the funeral scenes earlier this month, with photographs of their emotional goodbye being made public on Sunday.
Sinead Tinker’s final moments with family in heartbreaking scenes
Battle: The scenes come after Sinead, played by Katie McGlynn, was seen losing her hard-fought battle with the devastating disease during Friday night’s episode of Corrie
Getting into character as Daniel, Rob appeared in a sombre mood alongside stars including Bill Roache, who stars as Ken Barlow, and Colson Smith, who plays Sinead’s cousin Craig Tinker.
All the male cast members wore suitably smart suits, with Colson opting for a red blazer over a speckled grey waistcoat.
And Alison King, 46, who plays Carla Connor, looked almost tearful as she sheltered under her hood.
Lisa George, who plays Sinead’s aunt Beth Tinker, wore a faux fur coat underneath her own hood, while Rula Lenska looked characteristically glamorous as she dressed as her character Claudia Colby.
Final resting place: Pallbearers will be seen carrying Sinead’s wicker casket – covered with flowers and decorated with multi-coloured ribbons – to her final resting place
On Friday night, viewers were left in tears when Sinead died from cervical cancer, as the harrowing scenes saw her peacefully slip away with Daniel and their son Bertie at her side.
The scenes for her funeral com amid rumours that Rob’s character could be set to leave the soap following his wife’s death.
Daniel’s departure comes when he gets wrongly accused by Beth (Lisa George) of having an affair with Bethany (Lucy Fallon).
He therefore decides to take Bertie away on holiday to Scotland, with an upset Beth wondering if she will ever see her godson again.
The news comes after Katie McGlynn, 26, who played Sinead, struggled with grief and sought therapy after filming her death
Embattled: The actress revealed that after watching the scenes when Sinead learned she had weeks to live she ‘couldn’t stop crying’
‘The next day I just kept crying. I couldn’t stop. I ended up going to see a counsellor who told me that I was mourning Sinead,’ Katie said.
‘A month later I still feel like I’m really mourning her. It feels like waves of sadness coming over me.’
Katie added that she spoke with a mental health specialist, who suggested she write a letter to Sinead to provide some form of closure.
She added: ‘One minute I’ll be all right, then the next I’m in tears. It might sound weird, but to me Sinead has always been real.’
Katie also admitted that she sometimes hears Sinead’s voice and sees a part of the character when she looks in the mirror.
Slipping away: Katie said of her reaction to Sinead’s death, ‘The next day I just kept crying. I couldn’t stop. I ended up going to see a counsellor who told me that I was mourning Sinead’
Sinead Tinker dies in distressing scenes on Coronation Street
As Katie reflected on her final days in Corrie, she openly said it was her idea that Sinead be killed off, to honestly portray the reality that not everyone survives their battle with cancer.
Viewers were distraught on Friday when Sinead lost her battle with cervical cancer, just days after being told that her husband Daniel had cheated on her.
While she decided to forgive Daniel so she could pass away in peace, Sinead’s passing still proved difficult to watch for many viewers, as she quietly slipped away watching her husband read a story to their son Bertie.
