Yahoo News Lorraine Kelly halts show to announce death of co-star
Lorraine Kelly has interrupted her show to announce the death of one of her co-stars.
The presenter halted her programme today (October 7) to share the sad news of Heather Sawyer's passing after she was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal secondary breast cancer.
Sawyer was part of Lorraine's Change + Check Choir, formed to mark the fifth anniversary of the show's breast cancer awareness campaign in 2023.
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"I'm very sorry to have to share some sad news this morning. One of our amazing singers, Heather Sawyer, has died from secondary breast cancer. Heather was only 50 years old, an astonishing woman," Lorraine said on the show.
"She was such a huge part of the choir, so passionate about everything. Amazing."
Dr Hilary, who appeared on the programme alongside Lorraine, added: "Wonderful lady. She sang at the Palladium with the choir, to celebrate the Change + Check campaign."
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"What she would want right now is for us to celebrate her life but also remind women to check themselves, do the self-examination, if anything has changed go and see your GP and get it checked out as soon as possible," he continued.
Sawyer's death was announced by her husband Lee on Instagram on October 5.
"Shortly before 1am this morning 5th October Heather lost her fight to cancer and took her last breaths and passed away peacefully," he wrote.
"We know just how many people have followed Heather's journey and how many lives she has touched from the sheer volume of messages, voice notes, the flood of the #hevupsocials hashtag…
"We as a family want to firstly thank each and every one of you beautiful people who have visited, sent well wishes and thought of Heather during this time. It has not gone unnoticed and we will be forever grateful to each and every one of you as you all made her know just how loved she was in her final days."
Lorraine airs on weekday mornings from 9am on ITV.
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