Lockdown was a tough time for everyone but, for the Nolan family, it was utterly heartbreaking. Shortly after filming their hit TV series, The Nolans Go Cruising, Anne and Linda’s worlds came crashing down when they were diagnosed with cancer within days of each other – seven years after their beloved sister Bernie died from the disease.
Both sisters have battled cancer before. For Anne, 69, this breast cancer news came 20 years after she was first diagnosed with it.
Linda’s incurable liver cancer has spread from a secondary cancer on her pelvis, which was diagnosed in 2017. She also battled breast cancer in 2006 and cellulitis and lymphoedema in her arm in 2007. ‘I thought my scans would be just fine, as they normally are,’ she admitted.
But while this is, of course, a scary time for the whole family, Linda, 61, and Anne are relying on their positive mindsets and famous Nolan humour to get them through…
A DOUBLE BLOW
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