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Daily Record
National
Michael Pringle

Centenarian Cathy bows out after 105 years to the sound of Coronation Street

Family and friends said their final farewells to a much-loved Lanarkshire centenarian as the theme tune of her favourite soap played as a backdrop.

Catherine Thom, who was known as Cathy and spent the last three years of her life living in a Wishaw care home, died on March 30 at the incredible age of 105.

She was such a fan of Coronation Street that her family chose the TV programme’s tune as her exit music. The iconic tune from Corrie - the world’s longest running soap - served as a fitting parting note for someone who had lived so long.

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