Aged just 65 years, the singer, actress and TV personality Linda Nolan, has sadly passed away after a 20-year battle with breast cancer, at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, surrounded by her 3 surviving sisters; Anne, Coleen and Maureen. [Linda’s sister Bernie, sadly died from breast cancer in 2013 last]
Her sad demise was brought about this mid-morning (Wednesday January15th), having succumbed to her a battle with double pneumonia.
Linda was first diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer in 2005 before getting the all-clear in 2006. However, in 2017 she was diagnosed with a form of incurable secondary cancer in her hip, which spread to her liver in 2020. In 2022 she shared the news that cancer had spread to her brain, with two tumours identified on the left side of her brain, leaving her struggling with both her speech and balance.
Linda rose to fame, alongside her 4 sisters as a member of the girl band “The Nolan Sisters”, latter the first Irish act (born in Dublin) to sell over a million records worldwide. Having toured the world and selling over 30 million records, Linda later pursued a career in stage musicals.
Beyond her incredible early career, Linda dedicated her later life to helping others; raising some £20 million for numerous deserving causes, including Breast Cancer Now, Irish Cancer Society and Samaritans, together with countless others charities.
“Her memory will live on forever in the many lives she touched and in the music she performed.”
In ár gcroíthe go deo.
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