| Eric Sutherland | |||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Steve Money | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jane MacNaught (2000, 2001) Tony Wood (2005) Kim Crowther (2008) |
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| Duration | 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 19 May 2000 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 31 October 2008 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||||
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| Home | Cyprus | ||||||||||
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Eric Sutherland is the father of Kirk Sutherland and Maria Connor. He first appears on 19 May 2000 when Jack Duckworth and Tyrone Dobbs are looking to mate Tyrone's greyhound Monica with one of the studs from his Kennels. Eric reappears in 2005 to let Kirk know that he and Dotty are retiring to Cyprus and Kirk goes out to visit him for several weeks after Eric has injured his back. He returns on 20 October 2008 to console his daughter following the death of her husband Liam. He carries the coffin at Liam's funeral after Tony Gordon has to comfort a grief-stricken Carla. This causes Liam's mother Helen to be unhappy as Eric didn't know Liam.
In July 2009, Eric's grandchild Liam is born, however, Eric and Dotty are not mentioned. In October 2009, Maria visits Eric and Dotty. However, whilst she is visiting, her fiancée Tony Gordon suffers a heart attack. Roy Cropper who had found Tony gasping for breath, unsuccessfully attempts to contact Eric and Dotty about the news.
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Famous quotes containing the word eric:
“...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt. But I did it anyway because it was something that might possibly have an effect. I remember walking around in my little white blouse and skirt and tourists standing there eating their ice cream cones and watching us like the zoo had opened.”
—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)