Anne Nolan admits she’s scared to die as she and sister Linda both battle cancer
Anne Nolan has bravely discussed her battle with cancer and the fears that come with it as she faces the illness at the same time as sister Linda Nolan
Singer Anne Nolan has made a haunting admission about her fear of dying.
The member of the iconic Irish girl group The Nolans has been diagnosed with cancer at the same time as her sister Linda Nolan.
Both sisters have received chemotherapy together at Blackpool’s Victoria Hospital after returning from filming TV series The Nolans Go Cruising with sisters Maureen and Coleen Nolan in March and subsequently being diagnosed.
Anne, 69, is a mother to children Amy, 39, and Alex, 32, and a grandmother to Alex’s children Vinny, ten, and five-year-old Nevaeh, and also to Amy’s son Ryder, eight.
A terrified Anne has now revealed that she is frightened to lose her life despite her religious beliefs.
A tearful Anne told The Sun: “I don’t want to die.
“I love my life so much.
“I love my daughters, my grandchildren, my friends, all my family.
“I want to live for as long as I possibly can.
“I am scared of dying as well.
“Even though I believe in God, I’m still scared.”
An equally terrified Linda agreed with her sister’s sentiment.
Linda said: “It’s just really hard and I’m scared of dying. I don’t want to die.”
The siblings lost their sister Bernie Nolan to cancer in 2013.
Linda, 61, is suffering from incurable liver cancer and this is her third recurrence of the disease, having previously battled different cancers on three occasions from 2006 to 2017.
Anne, meanwhile, has stage three breast cancer and is her second time facing the disease.
She told the paper that she found the lump in April 2020, exactly twenty years after her first cancer diagnosis in 2000.
The added pressure of the coronavirus pandemic has left her with severe anxiety.
Both sisters are receiving therapy to cope with the stress they are going through.
Anne said: “This has broken me down a bit, to be honest.”
She admitted that being apart from extended family members has made the process all the more difficult.
The singer also told the paper that while there is a hope that she will be fully cured of the disease, she does not want to be called brave.
“I’m not brave. I haven’t been brave at all — I’ve been crying and probably stressing my sisters and my daughters.
“So I’m not brave. I just haven’t got any choice.
“Either I do it, take chemo, or face the consequences.”
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