The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the

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'' in 1997, by order of first appearance.

Helen Cunningham

Dennis Richardson

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British television soap opera ''

''. He was played by actor

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between 1997 and 2003, when Dennis was killed off. He arrived as part of the Richardson family and was the father of Lewis Richardson and

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and the husband of their mother Helen Cunningham. Dennis was first introduced as a teacher at Hollyoaks Comprehensive School. He was married to Helen and was Lewis and Mandy's father. An abusive alcoholic, he beat up Helen and Lewis and

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Mandy. When he finds out that Mandy is dating Sol Patrick, he flew into a rage and raped her. Mandy briefly ran away, and then told the police what Dennis had done to her. He was arrested and eventually found guilty of rape, for which he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. During his imprisonment, Lewis committed suicide. Dennis was released from prison five years later, and returned to Hollyoaks. He tried to explain himself to Mandy, but she refused to listen. Dennis then tried to mend his relationship with Helen when she took him to where Lewis's ashes had been scattered. She forgives him for what he has done. Mandy arrived with

Tony Hutchinson Tony Hutchinson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Nick Pickard. His first appearance on-screen occurred on 23 October 1995, the inaugural episode of the programme, and is the longest-serving ...

, Helen's husband

Gordon Cunningham Gordon Cunningham (commonly referred to as Mr. C) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Bernard Latham. He first appeared in March 1996, and departed on 16 February 2004 when he died of a heart a ...

and his son

Max Cunningham Max Cunningham is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Ben Sherrif from 1995 to 1997, and Matt Littler from 1997 to 2008. He first appeared on 6 November 1995, and Littler took over the role in Septe ...

to get rid of Dennis, and a fight broke out between Max and Dennis. Dennis was last seen telling Mandy that he is dying of cancer, hoping she might forgive him. She bought him some alcohol to quicken his death, telling him she could never forgive him. He would die of

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. He is

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, and Helen pours his ashes down the drain.

Gina Patrick

Jill Patrick

Jill Osborne (also Patrick), played by Lynda Rooke, made her first appearance on 30 October 1997. She begins working at

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as a barmaid, and is soon joined by her children

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, Gina and Sol Patrick. She and

Jack Osborne Jack Osborne is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jimmy McKenna. He first appeared on 18 November 1996 and is the second longest serving character in the serial. He was introduced as part of ...

, her boss, begin a relationship, eventually getting married. The marriage goes well, despite a feud between the Patrick children and Jack's children

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and

Darren Osborne Darren Osborne is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. He was introduced by executive producer Phil Redmond as part of the Osborne family, making his first screen appearance on 18 November 1996, portrayed ...

. Sol and Gina discover that they are not Jill's biological children. Gina goes missing and Sol and Jill go looking for her in a car he has stolen. He crashes it, almost killing Jill. He spends time in a

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, and eventually forgives Jill for hiding the truth from him for so long. Jill is devastated to find out she has a brain tumour and later informs her family. She makes Jack agree to look after her children when she dies. Jill dies of her illness and Jack keeps his promise and cares for her children, helping Sol flee from the police abroad. Gina later leaves ''Hollyoaks'' to live in China and work at an orphanage to make Jill proud. In 2017, Jack mentioned this to his late wife Frankie (

Helen Pearson Helen Pearson (born 16 November 1959) is a British actress who has been in three major soap operas, '' EastEnders'' (during 1990 as April McIntosh), ''Emmerdale'' (from 2000 to 2001 as Carol Wareing), and as Frankie Osborne in ''Hollyoaks'' fr ...

) about his marriage with Jill and her death, she spoke to Nancy saying it was his second time losing his wife since Jill and mentioned how he was devastated by her death. The '' Daily Record'' commented on the character's death saying "When there's a problem with a character in ''Hollyoaks'', they just kill them off."

Sol Patrick

Kate Patrick

Holly Cunningham

References

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