Jack and Diane got married. In February 2008, Jack left Emmerdale to look after his sick mother and never returned. Annie soon recovered but Jack remained in Spain for a while longer. By early 2009 he was in bad health and died on the 5th February aged 61 of a heart attack.

What happened to all the Sugdens in Emmerdale?

After a brief return in 2009, the character was recast to Ryan Hawley in 2014. Mercier retired in 1994 appearing in only a handful of Emmerdale episodes, making guest appearances in 1995, 1996 and 2009, whilst Joe Sugden was killed off off-screen in 1995. Jack remarried Sarah Connolly (Madeleine Howard/Alyson Spiro).

What happened to Jack and Sarah Sugden?

Sarah Sugden (nee Connolly) was a character in Emmerdale Farm from Episode 1238 (7th April 1988) to Episode 2789 (16th November 2000). She was the second wife of Jack Sugden after marrying him in 1994 and died in a barn fire in 2000.