The Manchester Evening News reports that Jean, 88, who played Street icon Hilda Ogden for 23 years, was taken in an ambulance after the health scare.
The actress, who also appeared in Last of the Summer Wine, was kept in for a number of days but has since been allowed to leave by medics.
Confusingly, The Mirror have a headline online today to say that Jean has passed away, but the link to the story about her death in The Mirror didn't work. The Mirror have now apologised on twitter for any distress caused by their false information:
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