Tony McCann Wiki – Tony McCann Biography
Tony McCann was the murderer boyfriend of former EastEnders star Nicola Cowper has died in jail.
McCann, who was serving a minimum of 21 years for killing a man with a steak knife over a stolen phone, died on Monday.
Age
He was 61 years old.
Tony McCann Death Cause
The murderer boyfriend of former EastEnders star Nicola Cowper has died of cancer in jail. He died at high-security HMP Gartree in Leics.
The family source said he had been diagnosed with liver and kidney cancer around six months ago.
The Prison Service said: “HMP Gartree prisoner Tony McCann died on October 19 and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has been informed.”
Nicola Cowper
Nicola, 52, played Gina Williams – the sister of Cindy Beale – sporadically from 1998 to 2014 in EastEnders.
She also appeared in Minder, The Bill, Casualty, and BBC police drama Dangerfield.
She is understood to have stuck by McCann – who is the father of her twin daughters Tilly and Dora, 21 – while he was inside.
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Nicola stood by McCann after he was locked up for 15 years for armed robbery in 1988, two years after they met.
He was caged in 2008 for the murder of Luke Hodge, 33.
Murder
McCann stabbed him at his victim’s home in Twickenham, South West London, because he thought he stole a £20 phone and was bullying his friends.
