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Gemma Jones

Emmerdale fans decide 'not to watch' as they 'can't handle' Faith Dingle's death

Faith Dingle ended her life on tonight's Emmerdale but some fans decided "not to watch".

Viewers of the ITV soap have expected this outcome for weeks after Faith, played by Sally Dexter, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The character refused treatment knowing that her days were limited and didn't want to face the nasty side effects of chemo.

But in recent episodes her body has grown frail and her mind wasn't quite what it once was. As a result she told her daughter-in-law, Moira, of a plan to take her own life when her spiralling health became too much.

READ MORE: Emmerdale's original Faith Dingle actress 18 years after exit as character dies

Tonight soap lovers watched on as Faith said her final goodbyes to her loved ones. Brenda, Pollard and Diane vowed to create as many memories with Faith as they can, not knowing of her plan to go out on her own terms.

Moira desperately pleaded with Faith to back out of her plan to end her own life, telling her that she would bring Christmas forward so that she could enjoy more loving times with her family and Faith assured her she wasn't going ahead with it anytime soon.

However, it turns out that Faith was telling a bit of a white lie, not wanting to upset Moira more. Alone in her bedroom later on Faith switched off her phone and took one last look at the pictures from yesterday’s adventure, as she prepared to end her health battle once and for all.

At the final moment, Cain turned up at his dying mum's side, realising that it was her time to go. He stayed with her until her final heart-breaking breath as he reassured her and comforted her.

But for some fans on Twitter, the emotional scenes were too much to handle. Kelly said: "Decided not to watch #Emmerdale tonight! Can’t cope with Faith dying man."

Liz said: "Not sure I should watch #emmerdale tonight." Adam said: "#Emmerdale is going to be a tough watch tonight."

Kurt said: "This is going to be such a difficult watch #emmerdale". Meanwhile, another said: "This is hellishly hard to watch #emmerdale".

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