Award-winning TV writer Jack Rosenthal, husband of actress Maureen Lipman, has died in hospital at the age of 72. He died at 1120 BST on Saturday after a "Herculean" battle with cancer, his agent Jenne Casarotto said. Rosenthal, who won three Baftas, wrote several early episodes of Coronation Street and the play that was turned into TV drama London's Burning. A father of two, his family were at his bedside at the North London Hospice when he died, his agent said. "Jack Rosenthal died peacefully at 11.20 this morning from complications due to multi-myeloma, a form of cancer, at the North London Hospice," said Ms Casarotto. Rosenthal wrote some early episodes of Coronation Street "He was surrounded by his family and the wonderful nursing team after a Herculean struggle. He was writing to the end."
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