07-05-2025
Linda Nolan's stepson dies of cancer months after singer
Linda Nolan's stepson has died months after the singer also lost her life to cancer.
The Nolans singer died aged 65 in January after a 20-year battle with the disease which spread around her body.
Lloyd Hudson, the son of Nolan's late husband, Brian Hudson, died on Tuesday following a much shorter battle with cancer.
He was diagnosed with throat cancer in September 2023.
However, due to its severity, it was deemed incurable and surgery was therefore ruled out.
A close family friend said: 'They were fighting side by side – Linda would finish her treatment and text him to check in.
'They joked about their meds, shared their side effects, cried together too. Linda really thought he'd outlive her. She needed that belief.'
'Cancer doesn't pick and choose'
Speaking on Good Morning Britain last August, Nolan said her family had been given a 'rough time' by cancer as she spoke of her stepson's diagnosis.
On the prevalence of the disease in her family, she said: 'I'm just like everybody else really – I just want it to go, or leave us alone for a little while at least.
'It doesn't pick and choose. You can't put your name down and say you're next in line. But we have had a rough time with it.'
From left: Linda, Anne, Bernie, Coleen and Maureen Nolan in 1983 - PA
Nolan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 but given the all-clear in 2011, before the cancer returned in 2017.
In 2020, it had spread, and by 2023 it was in her brain.
The Nolans comprised of sisters Linda, Coleen, Maureen, Bernie, Denise and Anne. They had seven UK top 20 hits, including I'm in the Mood for Dancing in 1980, which peaked at number 3 during a 15-week chart run.
In August 2020, Nolan appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain to discuss how she and her sister, Anne, were both being treated for the illness at the same time.
When the Princess of Wales revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer in March last year, Linda told GMB she thought her video message to the nation was 'perfect'.
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