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| Born | Desune Franklin Coleman 14 March 1969 Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England |
| Other names | Des, Desune |
| Occupation(s) | Weather presenter Singer Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Employer(s) | Notts TV ITV News Central Weather |
| Known for | ITV News Central BBC Radio Derby East Midlands Today (2007–11) |
| Notable work | Lenny Wallace in EastEnders |
| Television | EastEnders (1996–1999) The Bill (2003) ITV News Central Weather ITV Weather The One Show (current) |
| Website | www |
Desune Franklin "Des" Coleman (born 14 March 1969) 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. In 2016, he joined ITV Central's ITV News Central as the weather presenter.
Coleman spent time in prison in his twenties. While at acting school, Coleman was diagnosed with a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He is in remission.
In November 2018, Coleman was rushed to hospital after a collapse due to hemorrhage in the bowels. He underwent surgery to remove tumors in his bowel and spent two days on life-support. He made a recovery three months later in February 2019.
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