But when the producer asked her to remove her coat so he could get a better look at her figure, Pat Phoenix slapped him ... was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1986. But she didn't break the news ...

PAT PHOENIX, 62, who became Britain’s first TV soap opera queen in Coronation Street, the nation’s longest-running TV serial, died Wednesday of lung cancer. Phoenix starred in Coronation ...

But when the producer asked her to remove her coat so he could get a better look at her figure, Pat Phoenix slapped him ... was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1986. But she didn't break the news ...