Emmerdale star Ryan Hawley has been flooded with supportive messages from fans after sharing a lengthy and heartbreaking post about his best friend's death.
Ryan is best-known for his role as Robert Sugden on the ITV soap, a role he played between 2014 to 2019. He was a firm favourite among fans and his relationship with Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) had viewers glued to their seats.
The actor has recently taken to Instagram to issue a heartbreaking plea as he gets set to run the London Marathon in honour of his best friend, who tragically died of a brain tumour.