Coleen Nolan opened up on sister Linda’s heartbreaking nights before her death at the age of 65.
The beloved TV personality and pop star died after a long journey with secondary breast cancer. The Daily Mirror Columnist passed away today with her famous sisters at her side and her final hours were said to have been full of “love and comfort.”
In a statement released to the Mirror, agent Dermot McNamara, said: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Linda Nolan, the celebrated Irish pop legend, television personality, Guinness World Record holding West End star, Sunday Times bestselling author and Daily Mirror columnist. She passed at around 10:20am at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on the MCEW Ward. The family said the hospital couldn’t do enough, they were tireless.”
The statement continued: “She passed peacefully, with her loving siblings by her bedside, ensuring she was embraced with love and comfort during her final moments. Linda’s legacy extends beyond her incredible achievements in music and entertainment. She was a beacon of hope and resilience, sharing her journey to raise awareness and inspire others. Rest in peace, Linda. You will be deeply missed, but never forgotten.”
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Linda was surrounded by her sisters as she died
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Coleen opened up on Linda’s treatment just months ago
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Back in September, Loose Women’s Coleen opened up on Linda’s battle with cancer that spread to her liver and brain. In an exclusive chat with the Mirror, Coleen said: “Certainly in public [there’s a smile on her face], obviously there’s nights she goes to bed and I only found this out recently but there are nights she goes I think the night times because she’s totally on her own.
“You know, in your bedroom and your brain, you just overthink and I think they’re the times when she has her cry and and she’s scared but the rest of the time she is an absolute warrior. I look at her in awe. She treats chemo like she’s going to Tesco and it keeps coming back and battering her and she keeps on smiling and she still keeps getting out of bed and she bloody hates it.
“She hates it, she hates being bald. I think that for her that’s the most dramatic thing. She’s lost her hair, this is the fourth time and she’s lost it again and then she gets embarrassed and she goes ‘That’s really of vain of me’ and I’m like ‘It’s not’.” Following today’s tragic news, Coleen reposted her agent’s statement with a heartbroken emoji.
The news of Linda’s death will come as a shock to her loyal fans who had followed her as she shared the frank and honest realities of her journey with cancer in her weekly Mirror column. Just last week, Linda had told the Mirror she had been feeling brighter after being ill over Christmas with what she thought was a “bout of flu”, although at one point she was too poorly for hugs and food.
Just two days later, she was taken to hospital suffering from breathing problems. Doctors diagnosed double pneumonia and because of her secondary breast cancer, which had spread to her brain, her condition sadly deteriorated. Her sisters – Anne, 74, Denise, 72, Maureen, 69, and Coleen, 59 – were called to her bedside at 3.30am on Tuesday as doctors made the decision to place her in end-of-life care. They kept a vigil by her side in her final hours.
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