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Celebrities have flocked to social media to pay their respects to Sarah Harding after it was revealed the Girls Aloud star had passed away at the age of 39 after a battle with cancer.
Piers Morgan took to Twitter to express his sadness, tweeting: "How incredibly sad. RIP."
Danielle Lloyd posted a series of photos of the pair together to her Instagram, adding the caption: "RIP my beautiful girl I will never forget all the good times we had.. you always had a smile on your face and you was a very special kind hearted person. love you".
Former Coronation Street star Kym Marsh shared her sadness, writing: "I’m so very sorry to hear of the passing of Sarah Harding. What a beautiful girl and person she really was. I don’t claim to have known her very well but what I did know was how fun and kind she really was. My thoughts are with her family and friends at this time. Sleep tight x".
Ru Paul's Drag Race star Cheryl Hole tweeted: "I’m truly at a loss for words. Sarah’s beautiful spirit will live on forever! Girls Aloud we’re fundamental in shaping the person I am today and Sarah really proved you can see the light and fun in life. Sending so much love & support to Sarah’s family!
"RIP Sarah Harding."
Martin Kemp tweeted: "Sarah Harding So sad, my heart goes out to all your friends and family and all your fans.. Rest in peace!"
Love Island star Olivia Bowen also tweeted, posting: "So devastating. Rest peacefully Sarah Harding, a star I grew up singing along to."
JLS star Oritsé Williams posted a message of condolence, tweeting: "Heartbreaking to hear that Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud has just passed away after a long battle with cancer. The times we met she was always so bubbly, such a big beautiful personality. My sincerest sympathies and heart goes out to Sarah’s friends, family & band members".
Sarah's mum announced the news on her Instagram page, posting a beautiful black and white photo with the caption: "It’s with deep heartbreak that today I’m sharing the news that my beautiful daughter Sarah has sadly passed away.
"Many of you will know of Sarah’s battle with cancer and that she fought so strongly from her diagnosis until her last day. She slipped away peacefully this morning. I’d like to thank everyone for their kind support over the past year.
"It meant the world to Sarah and it gave her great strength and comfort to know she was loved. I know she won’t want to be remembered for her fight against this terrible disease – she was a bright shining star and I hope that’s how she can be remembered instead. – Marie x”.
Sarah, who earlier this year released her heartbreaking memoir, shared her diagnosis in an emotional Instagram post last year.
She admitted she avoided seeing her doctor because of coronavirus and revealed how she thought she had a cyst before her diagnosis.
She wrote: “At first I thought it was just a cyst. The trouble was the pain was getting worse. It got so bad that I couldn’t sleep in a bed. Eventually my skin started to bruise. By now I was terrified.
“One day I woke up realising I’d been in denial. Yes there was a pandemic but it was almost as if I’d been using that as an excuse not to face up to the fact that something was very wrong.”
Sarah did open up about her cancer diagnosis with her fans in the candid Instagram post, but didn’t reveal how she was rushed to intensive care before her chemotherapy began as she was diagnosed with sepsis.
She wrote: “With both my lungs and kidneys failing, doctors decided to put me into an induced coma.
“Even once I was off the ventilator I couldn’t speak properly. All I could do was make noises like a chimpanzee trying to communicate.”
Sarah then went on to start her chemotherapy treatment and have a mastectomy.
Reflecting on the mastectomy procedure, which is an operation to remove a breast, she added: “I remember the surgeons saying they would make a drawing of what parts of my breast needed to be taken away and it was virtually all of it.
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