A 3-year-old girl who starred on Emmerdale as a baby has died after her dress caught alight on a gas fire. Sophie Firth, who appeared as Jimmy and Nicola King's daughter Angelica for three months in 2009, passed away on Tuesday (December 11) after nine days in hospital, the Daily Mail reports. Firth was at her grandmother's home when the tragic accident occurred on December 2. She and her family were staying at the house in Skellow, South Yorkshire while their own nearby residence was being renovated.
Pictured: Sophie Firth with her on-screen Emmerdale parents Nicola Wheeler and Nick Miles in 2009. Reports suggest (more)...
Pictured: Sophie Firth with her on-screen Emmerdale parents Nicola Wheeler and Nick Miles in 2009. Reports suggest (more)...
- 12/13/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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