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Daily Mail
08-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
Linda Nolan's stepson dies from cancer - just four months after singer, 65, finally lost 20-year battle with the same disease
Pop legend Linda Nolan 's beloved stepson has died following his own battle with cancer - just months after the iconic singer lost her life to the same disease. Lloyd passed away on Tuesday and had been diagnosed with incurable throat cancer nearly two years earlier. 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.' Heartfelt tributes have already poured in for Lloyd, with the stepson's cousin saying his 'brain won't accept this is true'. He added that cancer had 'ripped my family apart on both sides and every angle for the past 5 months', before concluding 'I'm done with being positive right now'. The tragic comments come amid a friend's testimony that Linda would be 'screaming this isn't fair' if she was still around. They added: 'Lloyd wasn't just Brian's son, he became Linda's too. She loved him with all her heart. 'If Linda were here, she'd be screaming that this isn't fair. She fought for everyone else, now we've lost them both. It's more than any family should bear. They had a special relationship.' Lloyd, the son of Linda's late husband Brian Hudson, was diagnosed with throat cancer in September 2023. Surgery was ruled out after it emerged the tumour was so large and dangerously close to his vocal cords. In comes after the Dublin-born singer's own death was revealed in a statement four months ago released by her agent Dermot McNamara, who said she passed away from double pneumonia amid her cancer battle. And also in the family, Lloyd's father Brian had tragically died of cancer in 2007 - leaving Linda devastated and strengthening her bond with her stepson. In a statement shared to Facebook, Lloyd's cousin said: 'My brain won't accept this is true. 'My big cousin. The one that took me to my first ever London warehouse DnB rave, played wild with me, but protected me, could make me belly laugh with crude humour. I have to hold on to the memories. Some of the best and craziest bastard memories I have ever made that I will take to the grave. 'I hope you were welcomed by your Pops and Aunty Lin and you are no longer suffering. The bereaved cousin said: 'I hope you were welcomed by your Pops and Aunty Lin and you are no longer suffering' There were devastating parallels with Lloyd's experience who was informed his cancer had spread to his lungs and was now incurable 'The injustice of you being so insightful recently and having so many years ripped away from you is the part that is destroying me more than anything. 'I have been sat here crying hoping this was all a really bad nightmare.. but as time goes by the reality is becoming clearer and it's really swept my legs from under me. 'I love you forever and always Lloyd. And I will miss you beyond any words I have in my vocabulary.' The bereaved cousin added: 'My heart is shattered'. There were devastating parallels between Linda and Lloyd's experience - as the iconic singer was told her brain tumours had started growing again just as Lloyd was informed his cancer had spread to his lungs and was now incurable. This was not after there had been reason to believe things were getting better by April 2024 as scans showed Lloyd's throat had cleared. A friend said Linda was 'absolutely over the moon' and 'she kept saying, "I'll be the one to go, but he's going to be fine". The friend added: 'She clung to that'. Linda was buried in the same church where she held Brian's funeral, after she lost him to skin cancer in 2007 when he was 60 years old. She was laid to rest in a sparkly pink coffin, with her grieving sister Coleen among those to say Linda had a 'heart full of compassion and always knew how to bring comfort and joy to those around her'. It came after a long 20-year battle with the disease which saw Linda start a new course of chemotherapy, including a cutting-edge drug called Enhertu. Privately, the Irish singer was more focussed on her stepson. Lloyd undertook session after session of radiotherapy, supported closely by Linda. He was rushed to hospital just weeks into the treatment after suffering a bleed - ulcers had formed around the tumour, complicating his recovery. Despite the bleak prospects, he kept going through it all, with friends saying Lloyd 'never wanted pity' and 'just wanted to beat it', adding 'this disease is cruel'. Just weeks after Linda's funeral - attended by familiar faces across the entertainment industry, like Paul Chuckle and Tommy Cannon - another layer of tragedy was added to the mourning family's story as Linda's brother Brian Nolan revealed weeks later he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. A friend said: 'It's like wave after wave. The Nolans have been through so so much and now this.' Linda Nolan rose to fame alongside her sisters as a member of the girlband The Nolan Sisters, and after leaving the band pursued a career in stage musicals. Just before her death, she told The Mirror she had begun to feel better, after falling ill over Christmas with what she thought was a bout of flu. Speaking of the loss of her husband, Linda said: 'I hate my life without Brian. Some nights I wake up and reach out for him before I remember he's not there. I know I can survive. But life is so much less without him.' Four years ago, Linda admitted her one regret in life is that she and Brian never had children together. 'My only regret in life is that I didn't have children and that is nobody's fault but my own,' she told RSVP Magazine. 'The reason I didn't have children is because I let my career get in the way and I thought, ''No, I will wait''. But I don't dwell on it, and I don't cry whenever I see a baby.' Linda's sisters also have a history of cancer, with herself, Coleen and Anne all receiving diagnoses and Bernie passing away from the disease in 2013. Linda's sister Anne was the first to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, and while she got the all-clear, she was diagnoses again in April 2020. Just days later Linda was told her secondary breast cancer had spread to her liver, so the sisters decided to undergo their chemotherapy together. The sisters went on to write Stronger Together, an account of their journey with cancer with no-holds-barred descriptions of their treatments, the side effects, how they coped with losing their hair and how they had emerged on the other side. The book is interspersed with recollections of how cancer has affected those close to them, including their late sister Bernie and also Linda's late husband, Brian. In 2013 the family were devastated when Linda's sister Bernadette, better known as Bernie, died from breast cancer in 2013. Bernie was first diagnosed with the disease in April 2010, and while she was later declared cancer-free following a mastectomy, in October 2012 it was revealed the disease had returned to her left breast, brain, lungs, liver and bones. She passed away in July of the following year at the age of 52. Linda was born as the sixth of eight children to Tommy and Maureen Nolan on February 23 1959 in Dublin. Her parents - both singers - were keen to turn their young family into a musical troupe and Linda made her stage debut at the age of four. Their relentless efforts, which often led to late-night performances on school nights, soon steered the girls to international success. Among their chart hits were Gotta Pull Myself Together, Don't Make Waves and Attention To Me, and they earned their own BBC TV specials. For Linda, these early years were soured by witnessing her abusive father drunkenly beat their mother, and he was also said to have sexually abused Anne, his eldest daughter, from the age of 11. 'Part of me cried, I'm ashamed to say, because he didn't do it to me and I didn't think he loved me enough,' Linda later said of her sister's torment. She added: 'He was a Jekyll and Hyde, but when he wasn't drinking he was fabulous and he stopped drinking for many years before he died.' At 15, she allegedly became a victim to the most sinister side of 1970s showbusiness when she claimed she was groped by Rolf Harris backstage at a concert in South Africa. Speaking of the alleged assault in 2014, she said it left her feeling 'dumbstruck' and 'humiliated'. Linda left the group which made her famous in 1983, but later reformed with her sisters for several comeback performances.
Telegraph
07-05-2025
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- Telegraph
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.' 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'.
Wales Online
07-05-2025
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- Wales Online
Linda Nolan's stepson dies after cancer fight
Linda Nolan's stepson dies after cancer fight It comes just four months after Linda herself died following a cancer battle Linda Nolan is evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House at Elstree Studios on January 24, 2014 Linda Nolan's stepson has died of cancer just months after the popstar died following her own cancer fight. Lloyd has died just four months after his stepmum. A family friend told The Sun: '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.' Lloyd, the son of Linda's husband Brian Hudson, was diagnosed with throat cancer in September 2023. Surgeons said it was inoperable and he was placed on a course of radiotherapy. At the same time, Linda Nolan was undergoing immunotherapy for breast cancer which had spread to her brain. Linda Nolan's brother, Brian, has also recently revealed he has cancer - the fifth sibling to get the disease. Brian, 69, got the prostate cancer diagnosis days after Linda's funeral and told The Mirror: 'I just want cancer to leave us alone." Nolan sister Bernie died with breast cancer in 2013 aged 52, before Linda, 65, earlier this year. Article continues below Lloyd's father, Brian Hudson, died of cancer in 2007. In August last year, Linda said: "My stepson Lloyd has just been diagnosed and it's like 'go away, leave us alone.'' Linda's sister Anne was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time in 2020 and is now cancer-free. Loose Women star Coleen Nolan revealed she was diagnosed with skin cancer in 2023, and was using a chemotherapy cream to remove it. Linda Nolan was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and the disease resurfaced in 2017.
Daily Mail
07-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Linda Nolan's beloved stepson dies from incurable cancer - just months after iconic singer lost life to same disease
Pop legend Linda Nolan 's beloved stepson Lloyd has died following his own battle with cancer - just months after the iconic singer lost her life to the same disease.
The Sun
07-05-2025
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- The Sun
Linda Nolan's beloved stepson dies from incurable cancer – just months after iconic singer lost life to same disease
THE LATE pop legend Linda Nolan's beloved stepson Lloyd has died following his own battle with cancer. The tragedy comes just months after the family said goodbye to the iconic singer following her 20-year fight. 3 Lloyd passed away on Tuesday, just under four months after Linda's death in January. She was laid to rest in a sparkly pink coffin, with many famous faces coming to pay their respects. Both Linda and Lloyd were battling incurable cancers at the same time, leaning on one another for strength. 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.' Lloyd, the son of Linda's late husband Brian Hudson, was diagnosed with throat cancer in September 2023. The tumour was so large, and so dangerously close to his vocal cords, that surgery was ruled out. He began a gruelling course of radiotherapy, supported closely by Linda, who was undergoing her own immunotherapy treatment at the same time for secondary breast cancer which had spread to her brain. Just weeks into his treatment, Lloyd was rushed to A&E after suffering a bleed. Ulcers had formed around the tumour, complicating his recovery. By April 2024, there was reason to believe things were turning around as scans showed the throat cancer had cleared. 'Linda was absolutely over the moon,' said a friend. 'She kept saying, 'I'll be the one to go, but he's going to be fine.' She clung to that.' But just as Linda was devastatingly told that her brain tumours had started growing again, Lloyd was told his cancer had spread to his lungs and it was now incurable. 'I sobbed when my consultant told me,' Linda said at the time. 'My heart sank.' She had started a new course of chemotherapy, including a cutting-edge drug called Enhertu, in the hope it might offer a lifeline. But privately, she was more focused on Lloyd. Linda Nolan's brother reveals cancer diagnosis just weeks after her death – as he becomes 5th sibling hit by disease By Freya Parsons INDA Nolan's brother has shared his devastating cancer diagnosis just weeks after her death, becoming the 5th sibling to be hit by the disease. Brian Nolan, 69, had just planned a memorial for his sister who died in January after her 20-year battle with cancer before receiving the news. Tragically, grieving Brian was then diagnosed with cancer himself three days later. 'I just want cancer to leave us alone,' Brian told the Mirro r, the fifth of the eight Nolan siblings. The Nolan family is heartbreakingly no stranger to cancer, losing Bernie to breast cancer in 2013 aged 52, before Linda, 65, earlier this year. He added: 'You're never ready for somebody to say: 'Yes, you've got cancer'. "It's like being hit by a train. You start plunging into the abyss of: 'I'm going to die'." His Loose Women host sister Coleen "couldn't speak" when he broke the news saying that he went completely numb before wanting to punch walls and scream. A close friend explained: 'He was her light. She could handle her own diagnosis, but watching him go through it too, it was like history repeating itself with Brian. She was devastated.' Another loved one added: 'Linda always said cancer had taken enough from her family. Now it's taken even more. She would be heartbroken.' Lloyd's health deteriorated over the summer. In August 2024, he was told the cancer had spread to his brain, mouth and liver, just as Linda announced her own treatment was no longer working. Despite the grim outlook, he kept going. Friends say he rarely complained and wanted to stay strong for the people around him. 'He was brave, selfless and dignified,' one said. 'He never wanted pity, he just wanted to beat it. But this disease is cruel.' Confirming the news on Good Morning Britain last August, Linda told Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley: "We have had a rough time with it and my stepson Lloyd has just been diagnosed and it's like 'go away! Leave us alone.'" Lloyd's father, Brian Hudson, died of cancer in 2007, a loss that devastated Linda and bonded her deeply with her stepson. 'They had a special relationship,' said a friend. 'Lloyd wasn't just Brian's son, he became Linda's too. She loved him with all her heart.' 'If Linda were here, she'd be screaming that this isn't fair. She fought for everyone else, now we've lost them both. It's more than any family should bear.' Linda died in January 2025, from double pneumonia, after living with secondary breast cancer since 2017. It had spread to her hip, her liver and finally her brain. Her funeral in February was attended by family, fans and friends from across the entertainment industry, including comedians Tommy Cannon and Paul Chuckle, 911 singer Lee Brennan, So Solid rapper Lisa Maffia and reality star Charlotte Dawson. Just weeks later, her brother Brian Nolan revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, adding yet another layer of sorrow to a family already in mourning. 'It's like wave after wave,' said a friend. 'The Nolans have been through so much and now this.' 3
