Desune Franklin "Des" Coleman (born 14 March 1975) is a British actor, singer
and weather presenter. He is known for his role of Lenny Wallace in BBC's EastEnders. In 2007 and a standby weather presenter for Laura Tobin on the ITV breakfast programme Good Morning Britain. He became the weatherman for BBC's East Midlands Today but was fired in 2011.[1] In 2016, he joined ITV Central's ITV News Central as the weather presenter.
Coleman spent time in prison in his twenties.[2] While at acting school, Coleman was diagnosed with a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He is in remission.[3]
In November 2018, Coleman was rushed to hospital after a collapse due to hemorrhage in the bowels.[4] He underwent surgery to remove tumors in his bowel and spent two days on life-support.[5] He made a recovery three months later in February 2019.[5]
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