'Emmerdale' actor Stan Richards dies

Updated: 00:27, Sunday February 13

Stan Richards, who played Seth Armstrong in Emmerdale, has died at the age of 74.

The actor passed away peacefully in his sleep, show producers Yorkshire Television said.

Richards joined the soap 25 years ago, and was the longest serving soap actor outside of Coronation Street.

Tributes have poured into the Digital Spy Forums, with one member saying that Richards was "the last old-style Yorkshireman on the show," and another saying that the soap should "pay tribute to this fine man."