Jade Goody succumbs to cancer (1981 – 2009)

March 22nd, 2009 // 101 Comments

For those of you following Jade Goody’s story which has captivated pretty much all of Britain, the 27-year-old reality star died in her sleep this morning, Mother’s Day in the U.K. after battling cancer. She left behind two young sons. People reports:

Max Clifford, her publicist and friend, confirmed the news to PEOPLE. “She had been pretty much asleep for the last 24 hours,” he says, adding she died “just before 4 o’clock this morning.”
He adds, “Her legacy will be that a lot of women owe their lives to Jade Goody because of her public announcement and battle against cervical cancer,” which has led to increased knowledge of it and the screening necessary to catch it.
“She has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world, from Australia to America and everywhere else.”

The silver lining to this tragic story is the world-wide attention Jade has brought to cervical cancer screenings. So, ladies, make sure you’re up on whatever that entails. I know I’d miss you, and not just in a sexual way. No foolin’.

Rest in Peace, Jade.

National Cervical Cancer Coalition

Photo: WENN

  1. john smith

    about time that bitch died

  2. Geraldo

    Third

  3. JOHN SMITH LTC

    #1: Do you fucking sit in front of your computer jerking your small cock in anticipation for the opportunity to be the Internet’s biggest fuckstain? Seriously, how fucking sad and pathetic is your life?

    Enjoy your vagina-less existence getting your LULZ and then ultimately dying alone. And, if you can speed up that process with a gun in the mouth, I promise to laugh at your Internet genius – once. Deal?

  4. none

    Ugly fat bitCh!

  5. BABYBOY16

    HELLO FROM HELL

  6. mimisan

    You ppl are horrid!

  7. Little Moo

    The only reason that this is sad is that two little boys have to grow up without tehir mother. Otherwise I’m disgusted at they way she has delt with this. Yes, she wanted to make money for her kids but she made a mokery of a very serious issue that effects hell of a lot of people. She was not a good person, she was not a nice person and she milked every last bit she could out of this for her own ego.
    It’s not nice someone so young should die but I can’t stand how everyone is automatically all fro her and ‘praying for her’.
    Not only the good die young.

  8. superstar

    Gosh you fucking guys are assholes. She never did anything wrong to you guys, so why call her things and say, ‘it’s about time she died.’ Just have to hope for the best for her sons. She sold her stories for money her sons can live off.

  9. man

    Stop trying to be a real reporter FISH. You don’t give a dam about anyone!

  10. superstar

    Plus, the worst thing is that her sons will have to remember Mother’s Day as the day their mother lost the battle to cancer.

  11. SawBoss

    No idea who she is (was). Cancer is a fucking shit disease. My buddy’s wife found out she had ovarian cancer, 1 year from the day she found out she was dead.

  12. Balack Oboombox, Stealing from every American 1 tax at a time.

    That’s awful young to die from or even get cancer. Too bad Obama couldn’t save her with taxing the crap out of us or maybe a cancer stimulus bailout package. Well at least she is going to a place where there are no North American Street Apes.

  13. Yank and wank they rhyme for a reason

    This is no room for joking and being evil, Rest in peace Jade love, and God Bless those two little lads who adored you, and your daft misguided but loving mum Jackiey.

  14. someone

    Yank and wank they rhyme for a reason -

    This website is only for “joking and being evil.”

  15. db

    Booooring..

  16. I don’t have a clue to who she was or what she did. But it’s sad to hear of anyone suffering from cervical cancer. I almost got that. Luckily mine was caught early and was taken care of before it really developed.

    So yeah, do what Fish says, women!!!

  17. Who did she leave the implants to? its not a joke, I really want to know this…

  18. Zanna

    She had nice teeth.

    That’s all the nice I can muster.

  19. Josh

    The UK is so damn boring this actually matters?

    She was a talking chimp on a reality show. Who the fuck cares?

  20. karmen van derven

    wow. that is totally the sweetest thing i have ever read you say…

  21. Guy

    Most of you yanks scorning those mocking her don’t know shit just how much of a racists retarded bitch she was.

  22. bp

    nothing wrong with being racist. ;p

  23. Dee

    This is incredibly sad, and don’t judge because who knows how you would fucking handle dying at 27. She wanted to make a few bucks for her 2 kids, so what?? People are out there doing much worse. RIP Jade. And to the assholes making fun of her, maybe you’ll die a painful death from cancer someday.

  24. She was a Racist? she had dark features or look like those odd germans who looks kinda black…

  25. Dee

    And she made one comment about that actress she was fighting with being from the slums (because most of India is in fact poor) Big fucking deal, people say worse and the media doesn’t say shit (Obama and the special Olympics)

  26. Zanna

    Yea, she pulled some racist shit. She would have been good on this site. *wipes tear*

  27. mikeock

    The humane thing to say would be that I’m sorry she died young. On the other hand, I have no idea who she is. She’s a reality “star” from the UK or something? Isn’t this kind of like getting worked up over one of the gay guys from The Amazing Race dying? What next” A reality show with terminally ill people, and we get to watch each one die?

  28. A Real Woman

    To the people leaving the comments saying who gives a shit.. Are you as ignorant & distasteful in person? If so, it ‘s no wonder you are in front of your computer instead in front of real women or men. Or did you just get home from another date who got an emergency call and had to leave early? Enjoy your solo existance.

    Terrible tragedy, too young to die.

  29. Chumpap

    am i the only one that thinks she looks a lil Chris Farley-ish?

  30. Jennyjenjen

    @27, She and Still White could have made little racist babies to benefit off her death.

  31. be quiet bitch

    #29 – aren’t you in fact in front of a computer? stupid bleeder

  32. >This Guy<

    A real woman talks a lot of smack, get a live lady you’re here too so what does that say about you then? Who are you trying to convince is A Real Woman, us or yourself?

    As far as this woman goes, god takes who he wants when he wants, but she wasn’t a saint. Who if any of us is perfect? She milked as much fame and glory she could out of her cancer issue. All I can say is the only good thing that came out of it all was some money for her children and increased awareness of cervical cancer.

    Though I don’t see why we make such a TO-DO out of celebrity deaths. There are thousands who die each day that don’t even gain as much as a whisper of recognition. Oh well, life is not perfect at all and I think society has lost sight of reality and what really matters.

  33. >ThisGuy<

    A real woman talks a lot of smack, get a life lady you’re here too so what does that say about you then? Who are you trying to convince the you’re A Real Woman, us or yourself?

    As far as this woman goes, god takes who he wants when he wants, but she wasn’t a saint. Who if any of us is perfect? She milked as much fame and glory she could out of her cancer issue. All I can say is the only good thing that came out of it all was some money for her children and increased awareness of cervical cancer.

    Though I don’t see why we make such a TO-DO out of celebrity deaths. There are thousands who die each day that don’t even gain as much as a whisper of recognition. Oh well, life is not perfect at all and I think society has lost sight of reality and what really matters.

  34. >ThisGuy<

    My apologies for the double post, this site’s posting mechanics are horrid.

  35. wilease

    To be fair, Jade was a massive knob, but a naive one. She was racist and everyone in Britain hated her (I was one of them), but to see someone die so young from cancer is pretty harsh. No, sorry, really awful. At first I was apalled that she was selling her story to the whole of the world, but then again, she has made women all over the U.K. get tested and has also left so much money to her young boys. It’s really sad that people have to put mean comments, but I guess it’s their opinion…someone has died who was a young mother, that’s how it should be looked at. I just hope her family can find peace.

  36. annie

    Am i the only one who doesnt give a shot some fat lipped nobody died??

  37. Balack Oboombox, Stealing from every American 1 tax at a time.

    Somebody fucked that? ack!

  38. annie

    * shit

  39. bananacake

    Discusted at peoples evil comments, the evil within you is appaling. All you have to do is be indifferent, Thumper knew it, surely you do to. Love to Jade, Jackie, boys and all the family. Have made an appointment for my first smear test, as have most of my friends, your little girl will surely save lives, so we owe her so much

  40. Mel

    Okay okay, so some people’s comments are a little harsh on here, fair enough. But at the same time, Jade’s pretty much made herself into a poster child for this country’s generation of ignorance, hate and apparently more shit if you got to know her. She could have went out with dignity, but she didn’t bother, she ran to OK! magazine for more and more publicity.

    If you think about it properly, what if it was, say, Kylie Minogue who’d died when she had cancer? People would have been up in arms about it- the way she’s acted towards others is the reason for people saying what they have, not those people being harsh.

    Jade’s death is just another example of how fickle and shallow this country is, and how desperate we all are to squeeze more money from something so horrifying- on both Jade’s and the magazines’ parts.

    Just thank God those kids were too young to realise what pain she must have been in before she died, man.

  41. annabobanna

    She was highly publicized when she made racist comments about another “celebrity” on Big Brother in the UK, which essentially led to her becoming “famous”. As for her raising awareness about cervical cancer…she sold the rights to her story to the highest bidder and used the fact she had cancer to gain even more publicity, subjecting her battle with cancer into a freak show that was reality tv-esque.

    Is this the type of woman we should be proud to say she made a difference? I’d actually argue she’s the exact opposite.

  42. A Real Woman

    Just had to come back and see what you assholes said about my comment. btw I just got wonderfully laid by my bf who would never say a bad word about a young mother who just died and cleverly left a whack of money to her two young sons. So Fuck You all and have a great day…I know I will….I get the last laugh at you losers. hahaaa and yes I am really laughin..fuckers!!!

  43. Jennyjenjen

    Whoops, someone got deleted…

  44. sin

    Never heard of her. So what. People die of cancer and other diseases every day. What made this one different? Nothing. Damn, she was a big one.

  45. You never knew her

    down the road a 12 year old girl died

  46. Jade's Cervix

    What the fuck is this genuine, heartfelt tribute about Jade Goody doing on a US based celebrity gossip site? This fucking cow deserved to die, she was a racist, a bully, and an idiot. She was a terrible mother and human being. Just because she got a disease, doesn’t make her inherantly brave or good all of a sudden. Fuck this bitch, and fuck this site for being such a weeping vagina about it.

  47. anon

    I don’t know her or her story but I hope she rests in peace. I have been sexually careful and got yearly pap smears. Despite this, I ended up with second stage cell changes (cervical cancer cells go through three stages before becoming cancerous). This meant that I could have ended up with full blown cervical cancer if I had not caught it when I did. I asked the doctor and he said it could have become cervical cancer in as short as 8 months from the day we found the changes. I’ve had to have two surgeries since then. So I hope Jade’s death truly does raise awareness for the need to get yearly screenings. Cancer is a hell of a disease and no one deserves to have to go through it. R.I.P. Jade. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family.

  48. Rhialto

    Our sympathy goes out to her loved ones.

  49. Anon

    #42
    Yeah you just got laid, Right.
    I believe you, thousands wouldn’t.

  50. Minge

    Where are all the spamming fuckheads? Perhaps they’re busy updating Jade’s profile.

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