Joe meets a watery end
CURSED Corrie widow Gail Platt is about to lose ANOTHER lover to a violent death.
Live-in boyfriend Joe McIntyre will perish in a horrific sailing accident later this year.
The tragic mum of three's bad luck started 20 years ago when hubby number one Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten) was stabbed to death in a nightclub brawl.
Second spouse Martin Platt (Sean Wilson) managed to escape alive when Gail divorced him in 1999 after discovering he'd had an affair.
But four years later serial killer third hubby Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) drowned trying to murder the whole family by driving them into a canal.
Now Joe (Reece Dinsdale) is also set for a watery grave after Gail's dad Ted (Michael Byrne) buys the family a boat and names it GAILFORCE.
The vessel ends up bringing nothing but misery when Joe gets into difficulties and goes down with the ship.
Gail, played by Corrie veteran Helen Worth, 58, is currently helping Joe beat his addiction to prescription painkillers.
But ITV bosses decided to kill him off after actor Reece, 50, spurned a big pay rise because he didn't want to become typecast.
A source told TV Biz: "There were lots of plans for Joe's character so it was a shame he wanted to leave.
"Now they're going to bump him off dramatically. After he snubbed their offer the last thing the bosses were going to do was leave the door open."
Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe
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