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Jill Halfpenny finds love following sudden death of partner aged 43: ‘There was a sense of feeling cursed’

Matt Janes had a heart attack when he was at the gym in 2017

Corrie star and former Strictly champ Jill Halfpenny has opened up about her experience finding love again.

It comes seven years after the sudden death of her partner at the age of 43.

Jill’s partner Matt Janes suffered a tragic heart attack while at the gym in 2017, something it took her two years to address publicly.

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Devastatingly for Jill, losing Matt happened in very similar circumstances to those in which she lost her father in 1979 aged just four, after he passed away playing football.

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Actress Jill Halfpenny lost her partner in tragic circumstances in 2017 (Credit: ITV)

Jill Halfpenny on partner Matt’s death

“There was a sense of feeling cursed when Matt died after what happened to my dad,” Jill, now 48, recently told Prima magazine. “”

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Gabrielle Cracknell
Freelance Writer

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