Janey Godley, 63, dies three years on from ovarian cancer diagnosis

Scottish comedian Janey Godley has died astatine the property of 63, astir 3 years aft publically revealing that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Comedian Janey Godley has died astatine the property of 63.

The prima died successful infirmary “surrounded by her loved ones”, her absorption has confirmed.

The beloved Scottish comic announced she would beryllium receiving palliative attraction and going into a hospice successful a video shared connected societal media successful September, astir 3 years connected from the precocious prima publically announcing that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Janey initially shared her ovarian crab diagnosis successful November 2021, and a twelvemonth later, she took to Twitter (X) to uncover the fantastic quality that she had been fixed the all-clear, with "no grounds of disease". However, a consequent scan showed signs of crab successful her abdomen. Despite this setback, she was determined to property connected with her circuit scheduled for February and March 2023.

In an interrogation with ITV's Lorraine Kelly, Janey recalled a speech with her workfellow Jimmy Carr, who encouraged her not to springiness up connected touring. She shared: "I decided to cancel the tour, and my mate Jimmy Carr said, 'Is your rima not working? '. I went, 'Yeah, my rima works' and helium said, 'Well get backmost connected tour'."

In September this year, Janey cancelled her circuit portion giving a bittersweet update connected her incurable cancer. The precocious prima had been owed to embark connected the Why Is She Still Here? tour, which included dates crossed UK cities including London, Belfast and Edinburgh, earlier doctors advised her that she should halt moving "for the foreseeable future".

On Wednesday 25 September, Janey told fans connected societal media that she was receiving end-of-life attraction and presently residing successful a hospice. Speaking successful a moving video, the writer from Glasgow explained: "The chemo ran retired of options, and I couldn’t instrumentality anymore of it. The crab has spread, truthful it looks similar this volition beryllium getting to adjacent the extremity of it, and it’s truly hard to talk astir this and accidental it to people."

"It is devastating news, to cognize that I’m facing extremity of beingness but we each travel to an extremity immoderate time," Janey added. "I don’t cognize however agelong I’ve got near earlier anybody asks, I’m not a tick tock, I conscionable privation you each to cognize that I admit each the emotion you’ve gave me. Cancer affects 1 successful 2 radical and it’s affected me." Janey concluded the video by sending emotion and enactment to radical surviving with a "life-limiting disease" earlier confirming it was wherefore she had to cancel the tour.

Following Janey's heartbreaking announcement the comic's girl shared a touching connection to her ain fans arsenic she revealed however she would beryllium respecting her mother's dying wishes. Ashley Storrie, besides a comedian and girl to Janey and her hubby Sean Storrie, took to societal media to pass followers that she "wouldn't beryllium sitting a vigil" astatine her mother's bedside, stating it isn't what her parent desired. She implored her fans to "have a spot of compassion" and recognize "not everyone processes" things successful the aforesaid way.

Visibly moved and occasionally warring backmost tears, Ashley began, "Hello friends," earlier revealing the sombre news: "As you mightiness person seen, Mum has entered her end-of-life attraction - the crab has dispersed and she is nary longer responding to chemotherapy. It's truly sad."

Ashley continued with a brave face, saying, "I'm going to support surviving my beingness and I'm going to support working, due to the fact that that's what Mum's asked maine to do, and that's what I'm going to bash due to the fact that I privation to amusement her earlier she leaves that I'm going to beryllium good due to the fact that I cognize that's the happening she's disquieted astir the most."

She further added, "I wont beryllium sitting a vigil by her bedside crying due to the fact that she doesn't privation maine to and I'm going to respect her wishes. I emotion my mum and each weird and uncomfortable and antithetic facets of her. I'm going to respect her wishes successful this time. I lone person 1 favour to inquire of yous and it's to person a spot of compassion and recognise not everyone processes things the aforesaid arsenic you do. I person got an autistic encephalon but I'm precise grateful for each your emotion and support, truthful convey you."

On Thursday 31 October, Ashley shared that her parent was successful the "final beats of her life". In a station connected the 63-year-old’s X account, BBC Radio Scotland presenter Ashley revealed that her parent had been awarded an honorary grade from the University Of Glasgow, which she said had "brought her truthful overmuch joy" successful her last days.

Janey had been tweeting regularly since she announced she was receiving end-of-life attraction aft her terminal crab spread, but appeared to person not tweeted for 5 days earlier her daughter’s post. The station read: "Thank you @UofGlasgow for bestowing upon my mum the honorary grade of doc of the University of Glasgow. This has brought her truthful overmuch joyousness successful the last beats of her life. Janey is truthful honoured and I americium truthful immensely arrogant of her. Congratulations doc Godley."

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