'Rest in peace, Linda. You will be deeply missed, but never forgotten.'
The beloved pop star and television favourite, from Blackpool , passed away today with her famous sisters at her side. Her final hours were reportedly filled with "love and comfort".
"Her selflessness and tireless commitment to making a difference in the lives of others will forever be a cornerstone of her legacy. Over the weekend, Linda was taken by ambulance to Blackpool Victoria Hospital and admitted with double pneumonia. 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.
In 2023, Linda discovered it had moved to her brain, but she threw herself into charity work - and led the campaign for wonderdrug Enhertu to be made available to all secondary breast cancer sufferers on the NHS. She also appeared on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip with Status Quo's Francis Rossi. Linda bravely said her Christmas wish was to "keep breathing and see another one". But she had zero self-pity. "We'll eat, drink and sing carols. And I should point out, I won't be cooking. I have cancer, that's my excuse," she said, with a wink.
Brave Linda even planned her own funeral so it would be "easier for people left behind". In 2023, she told The Mirror: "I think it's a one-way trip now", and revealed she had decided on her funeral directors. She also decided she wanted Neil Sedaka's Our Last Song Together to be played and laughed that she wanted a "pink, sparkly coffin".
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