<P> In 1985, Susan returned again now working as a market researcher . She began an affair with her father's sworn enemy Mike Baldwin and they got engaged but Ken refused to attend as he hated Mike and could not come to terms with the fact he was marrying his little girl . But after a lot of thinking and talking to Susan, Peter and Deirdre he walked Susan down the aisle on 6 May 1986 . The marriage failed, because Susan's career ambitions did not fit in with Mike's plans for the future . When she got pregnant, Mike wanted her to abandon her business; Susan decided to have an abortion . Mike branded her a killer and a murdering bitch and she left him and moved to Newcastle after just a year of marriage in November 1987 . </P> <P> By December 2000, Peter was living with Ken and Deirdre . While arguing with Ken, Peter let slip that Susan had a son . Ken insisted Peter explain, which he did, telling Ken that Susan had lied about the abortion and gave birth to her son, Adam in May 1988 . Susan had only told Peter this . Ken went to Scotland the following month to visit Susan and she made him swear not to tell Mike . Ken told Deirdre and she told her ex-lover Dev Alahan . He told Mike who called Susan and demanded access . Susan, who was visiting her father and brother, refused . Mike threatened her with legal action . Susan tried to flee again with Adam to Ireland, but while driving on the M6, her car crashed into a tree . Susan was killed instantly but Adam suffered only minor injuries . Susan's body was taken back to Weatherfield for her funeral, and she was buried next to her mother, Valerie . </P> <P> Katie Heannau played Susan as a baby and young child from 1965 until 1970 when Heannau and her family moved away from the Manchester area . Child actress Wendy Jane Walker took over the role later in 1970 . Although Susan was written out in 1971, Walker made recurring appearances in 1973 and 1974 . Suzy Patterson played Susan from 1979 to 1981 but only made a small number of appearances . Walker took back the role in 1985 and Susan became a main character again before departing in 1987 . Patterson had played the role with a strong Scots accent, whereas Walker did not . After a thirteen - year absence, Susan returned for a final time in early 2001, now played by Joanna Foster, which saw the character get killed off after introducing her secret son Adam . </P> <P> In January 2001, the character returned to Coronation Street with actress Joanna Foster taking over the role . Susan comes back to Weatherfield to introduce her son, Adam (Iain de Caestecker) to his grandfather, Ken (William Roache). Rick Fulton of the Daily Record said Ken is "amazed, but also devastated" that Susan kept his grandson a secret for so long . Adam's father is Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs), who Susan married in 1986 . Susan told Mike she had an abortion and he threw her out the following year . Fulton explained "But that will be exposed as a lie . It seems Susan, who had grown to hate her husband, didn't think Mike would be a fit father for her child . She decided she wanted to bring up the baby on her own without any of his influence ." The news rocks Ken and Mike, when they learn they are linked by Adam . On 22 January 2001, Brian Roberts of the Daily Mirror reported Susan would be killed off in a car accident . Her death would then kick - start a custody battle for her son, Adam, between her father and her ex-husband . Roberts said Susan is "adamant" that she does not want Mike having anything to do with Adam and she decides to take him to Ireland . However, while they are on their way Susan crashes the car and dies . </P>

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