Linda Nolan forced to deny she’s dead amid cancer battle
LINDA Nolan has been forced to deny she’s dead amid her cancer battle.
Back in March, The Nolans singer gave a devastating update on her illness as she revealed her cancer had spread to her brain.
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan‘s sister heartbreakingly admitted she does not know how much time she has left.
But the 64-year-old became the victim of a cruel hoax today, which led the Nolan sisters to deny she’s died amid her battle.
A radio DJ had mistakenly said Linda had died, and as a result the sisters had been flooded with calls.
Denying that she’d passed away, the family said: “Just over 20 minutes since this was tweeted and the sheer volume of calls we’ve received because of this. Linda Nolan is absolutely NOT dead.”
Fans have pleaded for the DJ to remove his tweet after he falsely said she’d passed.
He wrote on social media alongside an image of Linda: “So sad to read that @LindaNolan_ has died i have so many memories seeing the Nolans at concerts i still have a signed photo from 83 Crawley Sports Centre West Sussex loved playing their music on my mobile disco & hospital radio crawley sending condolences to family R.I.P Linda.”
Disgusted with what he’d written, one person said: “You are a disgrace, kindly remove the tweet, so unfair of you to that to the family and @LindaNolan_ fans. Some fan you are.”
While another added: “Was talking to her an hour ago, seems well enough to me.”
Linda’s sister Bernie died from breast cancer aged 52 in 2013 after it had spread to her brain, lungs, liver and bones.
Linda’s husband Brian also died from skin cancer in 2007.
Linda was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2005 and given the all-clear the next year.
But in March 2017, she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer which was identified after it spread to her hip, following a fall.
Doctors confirmed they could see no cure – and in May 2020 that it had also spread to her liver.
Previously, when asked by GMB host Richard Madeley if she felt angry with cancer, Linda replied: “Yeah I won’t lie, there are moments when I am in a heap in the corner crying and I try not to say, ‘Why me?’, because why not me?
“So many people are suffering with this terrible disease, but I talk about it and I always have because maybe I can help someone at home who is on their own.”