March 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 am by
Anne
Despite the fact we knew it was just a matter of time, it is still so sad to report this type of thing. British reality star Jade Goody died in her sleep Sunday morning which is Mother’s Day in the U.K. Max Clifford who was both publicist and friend said:
“She had been pretty much asleep for the last 24 hours,” he says, adding she died “just before 4 o’clock this morning.”
Her husband Jack Tweed and her mother, Jackiey Budden, were by her bedside when she passed. Says Clifford:
“Jackiey is obviously as you would expect a mom to be at the loss of her daughter. We’ve all known it was coming but she’s devastated.”
Although it was 2002 when she appeared on the U.K. reality show ‘Big Brother’ she managed to stay in the spotlight 7 years later and brought world attention to her fight with cervical cancer. She learned in February the cancer had spread and that she had very little time left. She and Jack married in February upon learning the news. Clifford:
“Her legacy will be that a lot of women owe their lives to Jade Goody because of her public announcement and battle against cervical cancer,” which has led to increased knowledge of it and the screening necessary to catch it.
“She has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world, from Australia to America and everywhere else.”
Her two little guys Bobby, 5, and Freddy, 4 were recently baptised. A book about her life in her last few months is set to be published.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
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