Michael Rodwell Michael Marlon Rodwell was a former convict who befriended Gail McIntyre in 2014 through a Restorative Justice scheme , much to the disapproval of her family . Michael and Gail entered into a relationship following his release from prison and he moved into 8 Coronation Street a few months later . A more settled Michael decided it was the right time to trace his family , but was shaken to learn that he could be suffering from a hereditary heart condition . With his diagnosis confirmed , he decided to contact his son Gavin , and slowly built up a relationship - unaware that it was actually Gavin ' s former flatmate Andy Carver who ' d turned up using Gavin ' s identity , but the longer the pretence continued , it was decided to hide the truth from Michael as it was possible that the shock could kill him . The couple married at the second time of asking in April 2015 , with Michael oblivious to the fact that the real Gavin Rodwell had died only a few weeks earlier . When he found out the truth , he left Gail , but came to forgive Andy . Michael later entered a relationship with Gail ' s nemesis Eileen Grimshaw , however this ended up falling apart when conman Pat Phelan interfered . Believing that Gail wasn ' t interesting in wanting him back , Michael purchased an ice cream van and moved to Brighton . Michael returned a few months later in July 2016 where he ended up reconciling with Gail , however his feud with Phelan continued . Their feud came to a devastating conclusion when Michael was trying to pry on Phelan ' s property scam , but got caught by his enemy and suffered a heart attack on the building site . Phelan chose to leave Michael to succumb to it and he died . Biography . Michael broke into 8 Coronation Street in March 2014 . He was caught in the living room by Gail McIntyre who was looking after her grandson Max Turner at the time . Michael was startled when Gail caught him and tried to claim he was checking for a gas leak . Realising that Gail had seen through him , Michael made a quick getaway and was chased by Max ' s mother Kylie Platt but he managed to escape in his van . He was later arrested and Gail picked out a mugshot to PC Stanlow . Michael appeared in court the following month and was sentenced to twelve months in prison . Gail was hit hard by the incident to the point that she found it difficult being in her own home . In June , she decided to meet Michael in prison and put her mind at rest . The pair had a face - to - face meeting for the first time in almost three months , with Gail speaking candidly about how she had been affected . Full of guilt , Michael apologised for his actions . He also revealed that he had a son , and was a businessman but had lost everything due to the recession and was made homeless . At the end of the meeting the pair shook hands , both feeling an amount of comfort . Michael was released from prison two weeks after his visit from Gail , and was given a job at Weatherfield Garden Centre . Kylie and David were fed up of Michael ' s pleas , so they visited him at work . Max accidentally locked himself in a shed , so Kylie broke the door down and framed Michael - he lost his job over the incident , but Gail got him a job on the switch at Street Cars . But when David and his older brother Nick Tilsley called round to Michael ' s bedsit to warn him off , he didn ' t turn up for work . Concerned , Gail visited Michael and was shocked to learn what Nick and David had done to him and assured him she would deal with the " bully boys " and that Michael should explain himself to Steve , the owner of Street Cars . Michael got his job back , Gail sorted out her family and started growing closer to Michael , eventually forming a romantic relationship . The likes of David and Kylie began to accept Michael . In September , Michael decided to try and trace his long lost family . Tracking down his cousin Bob in Swinton through social media , Michael was devastated to learn that his father Keith had died twenty years previously . Michael met up with his aunt Barbara Deakin and learned that his father had always loved him . Michael was unnerved though to learn his father had died from a heart condition at the same age as himself , and the condition was genetic . Michael " reunited " with his " son " Gavin at Just Nick ' s in November . Although the first meeting hadn ' t gone well , " Gavin " showed that he was keen to give his dad a chance . Michael and others around him however , were unaware that he was actually an impostor named Andy Carver posing as the real Gavin Rodwell , who was actually Gavin ' s flatmate . In January 2015 , Michael proposed to Gail , however she was taken aback by the proposal and Michael was scared that he had rushed into things and that she would leave him . However that evening at the Bistro , Gail turned the tables and proposed to Michael . The celebrations were cut short when Michael collapsed and was rushed to Weatherfield General . He later discovered he would require open heart surgery and underwent a successful operation the following month . After being discharged from hospital , Michael was eager to marry Gail as soon as possible so they booked their wedding for March at Weatherfield Register Office . Michael was stood up by Gail on their wedding day , unaware that she had been confronted by his real son Gavin who ' d returned to the UK and blackmailed her , Andy and his girlfriend Steph Britton over Andy ' s deceit . Gail was unable to tell Michael the truth fearing the stress would affect his heart and kill him , and Michael was devastated and angry at her for being unable to open up to him . Unknown to Michael , Gavin passed away soon afterwards and Gail and Andy went to great lengths to keep it a secret from him - Gail even told his Aunt Barbara and ex - wife Susan Meldrum that Michael was still in hospital and not up to receiving visitors . Michael and Gail decided to go through with a second attempt at their marriage in April . Although both arrived at the altar , the guilt of lying to Michael caused Gail to tell him she couldn ' t marry him . Michael got upset and left , but Gail fetched him back and the pair finally tied the knot . In June , Susan sent Michael a photograph album so that he could look back over their son ' s pictures as he was growing up . Despite Gail and Andy ' s attempts to seize the album it fell into Michael ' s hands and as Michael scanned through the photographs he got to the pictures of when he was aged about 12 or 13 , and noticed that the real Gavin looked different to the impostor in the room . After Andy confessed that he wasn ' t Michael ' s son , the trio argued just as David , Audrey and Bethany walked into the house with court officer Joanne Newman . Michael then started to drink heavily despite being advised not to due to his condition . Distraught and angry over his wife ' s deceit , Michael left Gail . Michael moved in with Eileen Grimshaw at No . 11 and she offered support and a shoulder to cry on . However they began to develop feelings and the pair of them started to make out on her sofa , but Michael suffered complications with his heart and was rushed to hospital . After he made a full recovery he confessed his love for Eileen , which resulted in a fight breaking out between Eileen and Gail out on the street . Michael continued to live on at No . 11 as Eileen ' s new partner , although Gail had hopes of a reconciliation . Near the beginning of 2016 , Michael began a feud with builder Pat Phelan whom Eileen ' s son Jason employed at his builder ' s yard , unaware that he was also a conman . Michael had suspicions that Phelan was wanting to take Eileen away from him , and Phelan wasted no time stirring the pot . When Michael went to confront Phelan at the builder ' s yard , he suffered yet more heart complications and fell down the stairs . He survived , however was required to use crutches . Trying to get in on what Phelan was up to , he hid in Phelan ' s van , however he was spotted and ordered by an angered and humiliated Eileen to get out . Having had enough of Michael ' s " jealousy " , she broke up with him . Phelan wasted no time making his move on Eileen , and the pair ended up together . Michael planned to get back with Gail , however when she pretended she wasn ' t interested ( due to advice from Mary Taylor to play " hard to get " ) a disappointed Michael bought a new ice - cream van , and after saying goodbye to Andy and Steph left for Brighton in March . A few months later in July , Michael made an unexpected return when he visited the Rovers during a confrontation between Andy , Steph and Phelan over Phelan deciding to put the cost of Andy and Steph ' s rent up , as Phelan had taken over management of the builder ' s yard due to Jason leaving the previous month . Detecting that Phelan was simply doing it out of maliciousness rather than thought for Jason , Michael offered to move back in with Andy and Steph to help them pay the rent . Michael and Gail began to work at their marriage , and the pair of them eventually reconciled , however Gail was concerned that Michael still held a torch for Eileen due to his continued suspicions over Phelan , especially as he was taking part in a deal involving the development of luxury apartments , something which Michael suspected was a scam . He began to work with an injured Anna Windass ( whose family was conned and harassed by Phelan a couple of years earlier ) to expose him for his fraud . Although Anna initially warned Michael to stay well clear of Phelan , her mind was changed when her daughter Faye stole Phelan ' s phone which held text messages from his partner in crime Vinny Ashford talking about how it would all be over , alluding to their plot to run away . Anna felt there wasn ' t enough evidence to use against Phelan so Michael decided to break into the office at the building site where the flats were meant to be built , whilst Anna unsuccessfully tried to distract Phelan at her flat . Michael found a fake passport belonging to Phelan using an alias , but his success was cut short when Phelan unexpectedly arrived branding a crowbar . As Michael had discovered Phelan and Vinny ' s evil scheme , Phelan hinted that he was intending to murder Michael . Although Michael believed Phelan wouldn ' t stoop that low , he panicked and threw a chair at him . Michael attempted to make a run for it , but suffered a heart attack and collapsed . Despite him begging Phelan to get help , Phelan used the situation to his advantage and planned to leave Michael to die , and even told him a story of when Phelan himself had shot a hare with an air rifle when he was a boy , and couldn ' t bring himself to put the animal out of its misery , and left it to die in pain . He then said that he wouldn ' t feel the same guilt for Michael , and subsequently returned to the office to clean up . Shortly after , Gary arrived on the scene , as he was sent by Anna to find out what had happened to Michael , however he failed to spot a dying Michael on the floor . Michael attempted to call from help , but was unable to due to being in a state of pain and weakness . Gary left after Phelan denied knowing what happened to Michael . With no hope for help , Michael ended up succumbing to his heart attack , and Phelan later investigated the body to assure Michael was dead , before subsequently leaving the scene . Michael is later mentioned by Pat Phelan , who states that he enjoyed watching Michael die to Andy Carver . Quotes . " Erm . . . afternoon . " ( First line , to Gail McIntyre ) " Yeah , but people " like " Roy " ( to Norris Cole ) " Gary . . . Gary . " ( Final line )