Funeral of Janey Godley to take place after ‘final tour’

The ceremonial of Scottish comedian Janey Godley is acceptable to instrumentality spot aft a two-day “final tour” of the cities she loved.

Godley died connected November 2 aged 63 aft receiving palliative attraction for terminal cancer.

Her ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine St Mary’s Cathedral successful the westbound extremity of Glasgow connected Saturday aft a hearse carrying her coffin travelled done the centre of Edinburgh connected Friday.

Her girl Ashley Storrie described the travel arsenic her mother’s “final tour, successful the 2 cities she loved with each her heart”.

Godley, who recovered viral fame with her dubbed parodies of past Scottish archetypal curate Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus quality briefings during the pandemic, revealed she had ovarian crab successful November 2021.

On Friday the hearse travelled on the Royal Mile and Lawnmarket successful Edinburgh with a “pause for reflection” astatine St Giles’ Cathedral earlier travelling connected to Glasgow.

Her ceremonial connected Saturday volition beryllium live-streamed connected YouTube and those attending the work person been asked to deterioration agleam colours if they wish, alternatively than accepted attire.

In a connection her household said: “Janey Godley, a girl of Glasgow, was born, raised, lived, and died successful the city. She was Glasgow, and it was portion of her.

“It was important to her that her ceremonial beryllium unfastened to each – to the radical who followed and supported her passim her vocation and, much importantly, done these past fewer years with overwhelming emotion and kindness.”

A backstage work astatine a crematorium volition travel the funeral.

Godley was fixed the all-clear successful 2022 but aboriginal that twelvemonth she announced different scan had shown signs of the illness successful her abdomen.

However, she said she would proceed touring with her Not Dead Yet gigs.

In 2023 she won the inaugural Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award astatine the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

In September this year, she cancelled her autumn circuit aft her signifier 4 ovarian cancer, which had been kept astatine bay done NHS attraction implicit the past fewer years, returned with what she said were added complications.

She died peacefully successful the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice successful Glasgow, surrounded by her loved ones, her absorption institution said.