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Jade Goody bids farewell to world…
Seven years after becoming Britain's best knownreality TV star who lived out her most intimate moments in front of the camera,Jade Goody died quietly in her sleep at home early Sunday, her publicist MaxClifford said. She was 27.
Goody, who was ill with cervical cancer, died at herhome in Upshire, a village in southest England, at 3.14 a.m. GMT with hermother Jackiey Budden, husband Jack Tweed and family friend Kevin Adams by herside.
Clifford said it was "ironic" that Goody had died on Mother's Day.The television star had struck media deals worth nearly a million pounds tosecure the future of her two young sons - Bobby, five and Freddie, four.
"I think she's going to be remembered as a young girl who has, and whowill, save an awful lot of lives," he said in a reference to the fact thatcervical cancer testing has increased in Britain following her public battlewith the disease.
"She was a very, very brave girl. And she faced her death in the way shefaced her whole life - full on, with a lot of courage." It was also ironicthat Goody, who had spent most of her celebrity life in front of the camera,died quietly - away from the glare of lights and camera.
Goody, a working class woman from south London who worked as a dental nurse,shot to fame in 2002 when she appeared on the reality TV show "BigBrother" and made an immediate impression with her feistiness.
But she became controversial in the celebrity version of the same show in 2007,when Channel 4 network expelled her after thousands of viewers complained shehad racially bullied Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who was on the same show.
Goody, who was ill with cervical cancer, died at herhome in Upshire, a village in southest England, at 3.14 a.m. GMT with hermother Jackiey Budden, husband Jack Tweed and family friend Kevin Adams by herside.
Clifford said it was "ironic" that Goody had died on Mother's Day.The television star had struck media deals worth nearly a million pounds tosecure the future of her two young sons - Bobby, five and Freddie, four.
"I think she's going to be remembered as a young girl who has, and whowill, save an awful lot of lives," he said in a reference to the fact thatcervical cancer testing has increased in Britain following her public battlewith the disease.
"She was a very, very brave girl. And she faced her death in the way shefaced her whole life - full on, with a lot of courage." It was also ironicthat Goody, who had spent most of her celebrity life in front of the camera,died quietly - away from the glare of lights and camera.
Goody, a working class woman from south London who worked as a dental nurse,shot to fame in 2002 when she appeared on the reality TV show "BigBrother" and made an immediate impression with her feistiness.
But she became controversial in the celebrity version of the same show in 2007,when Channel 4 network expelled her after thousands of viewers complained shehad racially bullied Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who was on the same show.
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