# Dale Meeks

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English actor (1974–2023)

Dale Meeks Born (1974-05-06)6 May 1974 South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England Died 22 April 2023(2023-04-22) (aged 48) South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England Occupations Actor, production designer Years active 1990–2023

**Dale Meeks** (6 May 1974 – 22 April 2023) was an English television and theatre actor.[1]

## Acting career

Meeks was best known for his role as [Simon Meredith](/source/Simon_Meredith_(Emmerdale)) in the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) [soap opera](/source/Soap_opera) *[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)*[2] and as the winner of ITV's *[Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes](/source/Celebrity_Stars_in_Their_Eyes)* with [Mark Charnock](/source/Mark_Charnock) as the Blues Brothers.

Meeks also starred in *[Byker Grove](/source/Byker_Grove)*[3] as the leader of a gang from rival youth club [Denton Burn](/source/Denton_Burn) for five series and played Hips in the BBC series *[Breeze Block](/source/Breeze_Block_(TV_series))*.

Meeks toured the UK with the musical *[Chicago](/source/Chicago_(musical))*[4] and appeared in the [West End](/source/West_End_theatre) production of *[Love Never Dies](/source/Love_Never_Dies_(musical))*.

## Death

Meeks died from [heart failure](/source/Heart_failure) at South Shields, South Tyneside District Hospital on 22 April 2023 at 5:34pm, at the age of 48.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Duke, Simon (23 April 2023). ["Dale Meeks dies at 47 as tributes pour in for Emmerdale star"](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/dale-meeks-dead-emmerdale-actor-26764032). *ChronicleLive*. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Let them eat cake!"](http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/whats-on-newcastle-north-east/arts-theatre-newcastle-north-east/2005/07/18/let-them-eat-cake-79310-15750030/). *[Sunday Sun](/source/Sunday_Sun)*. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Giving youth a chance for 30 years"](http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Giving-youth-a-chance-for.5186900.jp). [Shields Gazette](/source/Shields_Gazette). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Pollock, David (22 October 2006). ["The Review: She's cute, sassy — and all that jazz"](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article607015.ece). *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. London. Retrieved 23 November 2009.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BBC_5-0)** ["Dale Meeks: Ant and Dec lead tributes to Emmerdale and Byker Grove star, who has died aged 48"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65371532). *BBC News*. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

## External links

- [Dale Meeks](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576137/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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