| rdfs:comment | - John Jacob "Jack" Sugden is the son of Annie and Jacob Sugden and a long-standing resident of the village of Emmerdale (formerly Beckindale). From the early days, Jack seems to be a very rebellious and self-righteous character, who cares little for others' views. He also has numerous flings with different women and failed marriages, due to his infidelity. Jack is also an intelligent and articulate man but shown to be secretive from his family too. As time passed and Jack became a father, he has matured much more. He has firmly secured his roots in farming, which he originally tried so hard to escape from. Jack is still a man of principles and of pride, which can sometimes be his biggest weakness. His adoptive grandson is named after him.
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| abstract | - John Jacob "Jack" Sugden is the son of Annie and Jacob Sugden and a long-standing resident of the village of Emmerdale (formerly Beckindale). From the early days, Jack seems to be a very rebellious and self-righteous character, who cares little for others' views. He also has numerous flings with different women and failed marriages, due to his infidelity. Jack is also an intelligent and articulate man but shown to be secretive from his family too. As time passed and Jack became a father, he has matured much more. He has firmly secured his roots in farming, which he originally tried so hard to escape from. Jack is still a man of principles and of pride, which can sometimes be his biggest weakness. His adoptive grandson is named after him. Jack and Ruth Harker (later Pat) had been childhood sweethearts. He got Ruth pregnant in 1964, just before he left Beckindale for London, with Ruth giving birth to a son, Jackie, in November that year. Jack and Pat finally married in 1982, but it came under strain when the truth came out that Jackie was Jack's son. Further strain came when Jack had an affair with Karen Moore. The two reconciled and Pat gave birth to a son, Robert, in April 1986. Tragedy struck four months later when Pat was killed in a car accident when she was driving back from dropping her sister Janie back to the train station and swerved off the road to avoid a flock of sheep. Jack eventually developed a relationship with mobile librarian Sarah Connolly in 1988. They moved in together in 1990. After several proposals of marriage, Jack and Sarah finally married in May 1994. Shortly after the adoption of troubled child Andy Hopwood and the Sugdens move to a new farm in 1997, the marriage came under strain, particularly when Jack had an affair with Rachel Tate. Further arguments occured over financial disagreements and when Sarah embarked on an affair with their lodger Richie Carter. She left Jack and a bitter custody battle ensued. Things reached a climax when Sarah was killed after Andy set fire to a barn so Jack could claim on the insurance when the family suffered from financial problems. In 2000, Jack had developed a close relationship with The Woolpack's landlady Diane Blackstock, while he was having problems with his marriage to Sarah. Jack and Diane eventually married in September 2004. The marriage came under strain in 2007 when Diane confessed to an affair with Andy's father Billy. Jack struggled to forgive Diane for her infidelity, but they reconciled shortly before Jack visited Annie in Spain, where he remained until his death from a heart attack in February 2009.
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