Linda Nolan has sadly died from cancer and her sisters were by her side to the very end.
The singing group, made up of six talented siblings, have had to deal with the disease more than once. Despite the health scares and tragedies they’ve faced, the Nolan Sisters have shared their individual brave battles with the illness over the years.
Sisters Linda, Anne, Coleen and Bernie Nolan have all been diagnosed with cancer, and Linda’s husband Brian died of liver failure due to skin cancer in 2007.
Their father Tommy Nolan Senior was the first to be hit with the disease, dying from liver cancer in 1998. It struck again two years later. The latest tragedy was Linda Nolan’s death in January 2025.
Nolan Sisters’ tragic history of cancer
Linda Nolan, who passed away Wednesday morning (January 15), was surrounded by her devoted sisters when she died.
Her manager confirmed the news of her death in a statement, adding: “She was a beacon of hope and resilience, sharing her journey to raise awareness and inspire others.”
Anne Nolan was the first of the sisters told she had breast cancer in 2000. She underwent treatment and then went into remission from the disease.
Linda was then diagnosed in 2005 with a form of breast cancer. She was eventually given the all-clear in 2011. Her husband was diagnosed with skin cancer not long after her initial diagnosis. Linda and Brian married in 1979 after meeting two years earlier, and he sadly died in 2007 while she was still receiving treatment herself. They were married for 26 years.
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Bernie Nolan was diagnosed twice
Sister Bernie was diagnosed twice, the first being breast cancer in 2010. After undergoing a mastectomy and chemotherapy, she too, had the all clear.
However, it sadly returned just two years later, and doctors told her it was incurable.
She never let the prognosis dampen her spirits, refusing to give up.
She told The Mirror at the time: “
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