Linda Nolan talks about her funeral plans after revealing cancer has spread to her brain
LINDA Nolan has bravely opened up on her funeral plans and candidly admitted planning her wishes is "easier for those left behind."
Back in March, The Nolans singer gave a devastating update on her illness as she revealed her cancer had spread to her brain.
It came after Linda, 64, worried fans after being pictured in a wheelchair outside hospital.
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan's sister heartbreakingly admitted to she does not know how much time she has left.
She sadly told the publication: "I think it's a one-way trip now."
Talking of her late husband Brian's funeral, she described it as "amazing."
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Linda additionally referred to her sibling's passing and told the publication: "Bernie arranged hers [her funeral]. It’s easier for people left behind.
"I’ve gone into it a little bit. A Neil Sedaka song, Our Last Song Together. And I know the funeral people I’m going to use.
“Brian’s coffin was like a flight case, with ‘This way up’, ‘Fragile’ on it.
“Our auntie had a beautiful coffin with pictures of us around it.
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“Then Maureen [Nolan sibling] said ‘Look at this coffin, it was made for you, it’s pink glitter’."
She added: “I am the blingy Nolan.”
Her 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 also admitted she had considered making memory boxes for her loved ones as a lasting tribute.
She joked: "It would mean leaving about 30!
"It would become like a little production line. You can imagine them all lined up, how morbid, and working out what to give them –them saying ‘She got a bloody silver bracelet, she got a bronze ring!’"
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.
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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."
