Linda Nolan funeral features pink sparkly coffin as sisters lead mourners

The assemblage of vocalist Linda Nolan was brought to her ceremonial successful a pinkish sparkly coffin arsenic a ample assemblage of household and friends gathered.

Members of the nationalist applauded arsenic the hearse carrying the coffin arrived astatine St Paul’s Church successful Blackpool, with her sisters Anne, Maureen, Coleen and Denise walking towards the religion with different household members.

Loose Women panellist Coleen, 59, wiped a teardrop from her eye.

The household wore achromatic but immoderate had pinkish ribbons pinned to their outfits oregon carried pinkish handbags.

They lined the way arsenic the coffin, topped with a floral arrangement, was carried into the religion arsenic Faith Hill opus There You’ll Be was played.

In a eulogy, her sister Denise Nolan-Anderson said of Linda: “She truly loved going to premieres and opening nights, having her beauteous hairsbreadth and marque up done, and ever was the beingness and psyche of immoderate large occasion.

“She would person loved each the fuss today.”

EastEnders histrion Shane Richie, who was antecedently joined to Coleen, and comedian Tommy Cannon, vocalist Lisa Maffia and Paul Elliott, the comedian amended known arsenic Paul Chuckle, were among those successful attendance.

Elliott said of the vocalist arsenic helium arrived: “She was conscionable a fun, bubbly person. The world’s a darker spot without her.”

He said they had performed unneurotic successful pantomimes and astatine foundation functions, and past met for luncheon successful 2024, adding: “She was conscionable a fantastic person, we ever got connected well.”

Charlotte Dawson, girl of comedian Les Dawson, Lee Brennan from boyband 911 and Coronation Street histrion Jodie Prenger were besides among the mourners.

A framed photograph of Linda was placed connected an easel extracurricular the religion with mourners signing a publication of condolence.

Linda and her sisters Coleen, Bernie, Maureen, Anne and Denise formed the popular group, signaling hits similar Gotta Pull Myself Together and I’m In The Mood For Dancing successful the precocious 70s and aboriginal 80s. Bernie died of bosom crab successful 2013 aged 52.

Dublin-born Linda died past month, with a household connection saying: “At astir 10.20am connected Wednesday 15th January, she passed peacefully, with her loving siblings by her bedside, ensuring she was embraced with emotion and comfortableness during her last moments, aged 65.”

Nolan had made Blackpool her home, and her ceremonial is being held successful the religion wherever she wed her precocious husband, Brian Hudson. They were joined for much than 2 decades.

Diagnosed with bosom crab successful 2005, which resulted successful a mastectomy, Nolan was a long-time campaigner and fundraiser for crab awareness.

She was fixed the all-clear successful 2011 but successful 2017 was diagnosed with secondary bosom cancer, which dispersed to her liver successful 2020 and to her encephalon successful 2023.

Nolan helped to rise much than £20 cardinal for galore charities, including Breast Cancer Now, Irish Cancer Society and Samaritans.

The household are raising wealth for Trinity Hospice, which Nolan supported, and person asked that donations and messages of condolence beryllium sent to a memorial leafage successful her memory.

More than £2,800 has been raised connected the Much Loved tract truthful far.

Nolan appeared connected Celebrity Big Brother and her philharmonic theatre vocation included Blood Brothers, Pump Boys And Dinettes and Prisoner Cell Block H. She besides wrote a Daily Mirror column.