- Pat Sugden
Infobox Emmerdale character 2
caption=Pat played byHelen Weir .(1980) (image courtesy of "Back To Beckindale" blogspot)
name=Pat Sugden
portrayer=Lynn Dalby (1972),Helen Weir (1980-1986)
years=1972, 1980-1986
born=1945
death=26 August 1986(Car crash)
occupation=
creator =Kevin Laffan
father = Robert Harker
mother = Louise Harker
sisters = Janie Blakey
spouse = Tom Merrick(1964-1981)Jack Sugden (1982-1986)
sons =Jackie Merrick Robert Sugden
Tommy Merrick
daughters =Sandie Merrick
granddaughters = Louise Merrick
first = 6 November 1972
last =26 August 1986Patricia Ruth "Pat" Sugden (née Harker, previously Merrick) was a
fictional character in the popularsoap opera "Emmerdale ". She was played by Lynn Dalby and Helen Weir.Early Days
Patricia Ruth Harker was born in Beckindale in 1945 to Robert and Louise Harker she also had a younger sister called Janie. When she entered her teens she started dating local farmboy
Jack Sugden . But in 1964 he left Beckindale and Ruth as she was then known as and Ruth got together withTom Merrick when she learned she waspregnant . Later that year she gave birth to Jackie and 2 years later Sandie. The Merrick Family left Beckindale in 1972 when Jack returned to the villlage.Return
In September 1980 Pat returned to Emmerdale with Jackie and Sandie to stay with her aunt Elsie after she left Tom for good. But Elsie would not take them in as her children would make a lot of noise. Ny Estates found her a home in a grotty, stuffy Caravan.Later that year Tom came back to Emmerdale to cause hurt for Pat. But by this time Pat had started dating Jack again and she and Jack drove him out of Beckindale the following year.
Marriage to Jack Sugden
In 1982 Pat and Jack married with Matt as best man and Sandie as bridesmaid. Pat and Jack where happy for quite a while until in 1984 when Jack had an affair with reporter
Karen Moore . The couple split up for a while but later got back together.Robert and Death
In 1985 Pat learned she was pregnant and gave birth to Robert Jacob Sugden in April 1986 which brought her and Jack closer together. Tragedy struck when Pat died after her car crashed down a hillside as she swerved to avoid a flock of sheep.
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