Chuckle brother Paul Elliott pays emotional tribute to friend Linda Nolan at her funeral and says the 'world is a darker place without her'
Chuckle brother Paul Elliott pays emotional tribute to friend Linda Nolan at her funeral and says the 'world is a darker place without her'
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Chuckle brother, Paul Harman Elliott has paid emotional tribute to his friend Linda Nolan at her funeral. The former eighties pop star died aged 65 of double pneumonia on January 15 and will be laid to rest at St Paul’s Church in her hometown of Blackpool on Saturday. Paul, who performed in several pantomimes with Linda, gave a touching speech about his friend of 40 years outside the church. The comedian, 77, said the 'world will be a darker place without Linda' and recalled their fondest memories, adding that 'we used to enjoy our life' together.
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'She was just a wonderful person. we always got on well,' he said. 'I last saw her in March, April time last year. Came over to see her in Stanley Park [in Blackpool] for lunch, our favourite place, a café in the park.'. Chuckle brother, Paul Harman Elliott, 77, has paid emotional tribute to his friend Linda Nolan at her funeral. He said the 'world will be a darker place without Linda'. Paul went on: 'She was just a fun, bubbly person. The world is a darker place without her.'.
The TV star smiled as he recalled working on a show with her in the 1980s. 'We had adjoining dressing rooms, Barry [Paul's late brother] and I and Linda and Bryan [her late husband],' he said. 'We had the door open all the time with a table in between with drinks on it. We just used to enjoy our life. I still do... and shame that Linda can't anymore.'. Paul also praised the 'absolutely massive turn out' for Linda's funeral, noting that more people would be arriving to pay their respects.
By invitation of the Nolan sisters, fans flocked to the church where Linda married her former manager and husband, Brian Hudson, in 1981 and later held his funeral in 2007. Loose Women star, Coleen Nolan’s son Shane Richie, 35, was manning the door for his aunt while Linda’s older sister Denise, 72, will read the eulogy. Linda died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital earlier this month. She died from double pneumonia, where she entered into end-of-life care and then into a coma.
She was living with secondary breast cancer, which had spread to her hip, liver and brain, but cancer was not the cause of death. The surviving sisters of the Irish eighties pop group - Maureen, 71, Anne, 74, Denise, 72, and Coleen, 59, - have raised £2,670 for Trinity Hospice. Paul previously paid tribute to Linda on Instagram, while sharing a photo of them together. 'Just read the devastating news that our beautiful friend Linda Nolan has sadly passed,' he wrote.
