Blyth was born on 27 October 1969 in Southport; he grew up in the village of Hesketh Bank, and was educated at Tarleton High School.
[7] He introduced a number of characters to the show, including Faye Lamb (Kim Thomson), Lizzie Lakely (Kitty McGeever), Ryan Lamb (James Sutton), Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson), Nikhil Sharma (Rik Makarem), Priya Sharma (Fiona Wade), Sally Spode (Siân Reeves), Jackson Walsh (Marc Silcock), Hazel Rhodes (Pauline Quirke), Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) and Cameron Murray (Dominic Power).
Blyth also reintroduced past and popular characters to the programme including Charity Tate (Emma Atkins)[8] and Kelly Windsor (Adele Silva).
[9] Emmerdale's Danny Miller, who portrays Aaron Livesy, held a football match for Blyth with co-stars and stars from Coronation Street.
Blyth died from a form of lymphoma cancer at St James' Hospital in Leeds, weeks after it had been diagnosed.