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| Reality TV star Jade Goody dies | Reality TV star Jade Goody dies |
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| Reality TV star Jade Goody has died at the age of 27, her spokesman Max Clifford has confirmed. | Reality TV star Jade Goody has died at the age of 27, her spokesman Max Clifford has confirmed. |
| She died at home in Upshire, Essex, overnight on Saturday after a battle with cancer. | She died at home in Upshire, Essex, overnight on Saturday after a battle with cancer. |
| Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2008 but the disease spread to her liver, groin and bowel and she was told it was terminal in February. | Goody was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2008 but the disease spread to her liver, groin and bowel and she was told it was terminal in February. |
| She had been treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London but wanted to die at home with her family. | She had been treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London but wanted to die at home with her family. |
| She wanted "to spend all the time she had got left" with new husband Jack Tweed and sons, Bobby, five, and Freddy, four. | She wanted "to spend all the time she had got left" with new husband Jack Tweed and sons, Bobby, five, and Freddy, four. |
| Media interest | Media interest |
| The star died at home at 3.14am on Mother's Day. | |
| Her mother Jackiey Budden said: "My beautiful daughter is at peace." | |
| The star was christened in a 20-minute ceremony at the Royal Marsden on 7 March while in a wheelchair and was assisted by nurses during the service. | The star was christened in a 20-minute ceremony at the Royal Marsden on 7 March while in a wheelchair and was assisted by nurses during the service. |
| Goody's illness had featured in the media on a daily basis over recent weeks.Goody's husband Tweed is awaiting sentence for attacking a taxi driver | Goody's illness had featured in the media on a daily basis over recent weeks.Goody's husband Tweed is awaiting sentence for attacking a taxi driver |
| She married partner Jack Tweed on 21 February at Down Hall Country House Hotel in Essex. OK! magazine paid a reported £700,000 to cover the event. | She married partner Jack Tweed on 21 February at Down Hall Country House Hotel in Essex. OK! magazine paid a reported £700,000 to cover the event. |
| Goody stipulated that the entire amount should be passed on to her sons. | Goody stipulated that the entire amount should be passed on to her sons. |
| The wedding was also filmed as part of a documentary series following the star and was screened on digital channel Living. | The wedding was also filmed as part of a documentary series following the star and was screened on digital channel Living. |
| Goody, originally from Bermondsey, south London, had been open about wanting to exploit media interest in her battle with cancer. | |
| She was keen to raise public awareness of the disease and prevent other women from suffering her fate. | |
| Even in death the cameras will remain firmly fixed on Goody as preparations are made for her funeral. | |
| Before she died she told those around her she wanted the service to be a "celebration" of her life. | |
| "She wants it to be a big celebration because it's her final farewell to everybody," Mr Clifford said. | |
| "She's the world's first reality television star. | |
| "It will be a very Jade Goody event - exactly the way she wants it." | |
| Tweed, 21, is awaiting sentence after he was found guilty of attacking a taxi driver and threatening to stab him after leaving a club in Essex last year. | |
| He was jailed for 18 months last September after assaulting a teenager with a golf club. | He was jailed for 18 months last September after assaulting a teenager with a golf club. |