Jade Goody died today - RIP

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 09:32

Jade Goody died at home today.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 09:35

how very sad. was it televised as that was the last i heard on it.RIP JADE.

smithy


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Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 09:39

I have just heard and what a day to die on, she fought to the end, god bless her and may her sons be brave for the journey ahead. RIP Jade

Sheila

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 09:45

Max Clifford in tears on telephone to Sky News - very, very Sad with a capital 'S'

sienna


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:25

Sad on Mothers day too - now free from pain and suffering my she Rest in Peace but hope her legacy stays and the age for cervical smear testing comes down after this high profile story and does some good to others

Hippo


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:38

I hope she died with some dignity, because she didnt show much in the past few months.

Cancer is a thing that many many people have to cope with either family or friends.

They do it quietly, with or without support ,what Jade Goody has done is sensationlise her condition for finincial gain I consder it obcene.

Of course i have symphathy for her family who wouldnt but i feel this was media hype of the worst kind.

lindoc


Joined: 30/08/2007
Posts: 220

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:40

God Bless Her, Sad to hear that news on Mothers day.

ladylittle


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:54

Hippo the reason she did what she did was for her boys future only, but what she has also done is heighten the awareness of cervical cancer, and the figures have proved that smear tests have gone up by 30% since her diagnoses.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:55

RE msg 6, Hippo > this was media hype of the worst kind <



===> If the sad bunch of disgusting voyeurs (readers/tv watchers) wouldn't be interested the rubbish media wouldn't offer it.



And as it is, I think the late Mrs Goody was right to exploit the interest of the sad bunch of voyeurs. She did it for a good cause, I seem to understand.

spider


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:57

god bless Jade,a very brave girl.x

















Spider,

Hippo


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:58

I am sorry LL there are hundreds or maybe thousands of familys in the same situation do they parade themselves around like she did.

Hightening awarness i agree was excelent.

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 10:59

Here here littlelady - Hippo whatever you think she has highlighted an enormous problem and yes as a previous cancer sufferer myself I was lucky I survived to tell the tale it is a horrible thing to go through and in a way she was brave t shwo her suffering for th egood of others THAT coudl not have been easy



I think Jade has raised awareness too many, many young girls and if it saves one life then good on her !

Hippo


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:04

Nobody is arguing against raising awarness,but surley there are more dignified ways to do it than she did.

sienna


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:08

Mr Hippo I normally love your postings shall we leave it there and let her RIP why not do a poem instead ! (a nice one)



Regards

Anonymous


Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:08

Who would ignore four abnormal smear tests? Yes, four abnormal smear tests, then she didn't go to a hospital appointment to have cancerous cells removed. She said she was too scared.





Why are the media making her out to be some saint when she has died out of her own stupidity. Cervical cancer is one of the easiest to treat but now she has paid the ultimate price.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:10

Hippo

If anyone in the same position could raise money to leave a legacy to their children I feel sure they would do the same, I for one would without a thought but who would pay money for my life, of course there are thousands suffering the same fate but with her campaign she might save hundreds of lives. Dignified or not she made sure her Sons had a secure future god bless them.

MimoMar


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 150

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:12

She got attention for a worthy cause and got paid for doing it - Well done Jade!



Some yearn attention and will do anything to get it and that includes posting provocative remarks on this thread



Please, go and get your fix elsewhere

Anonymous


Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:14

what? So ignoring cancer makes her right?

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:19

Anonymous - vacant in more ways than one!

Make yourself scarce

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:20

RE msg 16, smithy > god bless them <



===> Hmmm. I can't resist. Like he blessed their mother? Or the mother herself?



RE msg 17, MimoMar > Some yearn attention and will do anything to get it and that includes posting provocative remarks on this thread <



===> If you don't like the truth, don't read it. As easy as that. "Provocative remarks"? Just depends on how you appreciate facts.

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:23

Dutchy, please show some respect and excercise some self control!

sienna


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:25

message 18 some peoplewhen told about these things are in denial she should have been helped to come to terms with it then - please think about you say



Some of you are just nasty enough said

Anonymous


Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:29

All I am saying is that she chose to ignore 4 abnormal, smear tests and ignored a hospital appointment for removal of cancerous cells. Factual.

Blackpoolfan


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Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:33

Cannot even talk of someones sad demise and show respect without bickering ,those responsible should hang there heads in shame your a disgrace .

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:33

Yes, OK, Noted. Now, make yourself scarce!

Anonymous


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:36

Wind your neck in Mimomar.

ladylittle


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:37

Irrelevant of what she ignored, and how she has dealt with things, we have all learnt a lesson here. I have huge admoration for her for doing what she did, her sons are provided for the rest of their lives, I know if I was well known and had the opportunity to provide for my son, I would, you cant blame the girl for that. we all turn a blind eye to things at times, it would never happen to me comes to mind... we have all been guilty of that I'm sure???

bachelibelly


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Posts: 275

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:37

And she was famous for AND justified the limelight for AND publicity for being.........................................







Unlike thousands of other cases whose plight will never hit the headlines because they are not Celebrities ( i use that term very loosely and misplaced but couldnt come up with a suitable phrase)

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:41

Shakes head and sucks finger - look at signed in Members Mimos gone!

Kitty1


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 11:43

Smithy, Ladylittle, Sienna...with you all 100%



Lilli, agreed - very sad news, it wasn't televised which was of course the right decision.



RIP Jade

MsGarnet


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Posts: 989

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 12:11

To those weasels who say Jade shouldn't have used everything in her inarticulate, badly educated - power, to raise funds to provide for her two very young boys, to ensure they grow up articulate and educated and able therefore to fulfill their potential, do you feel the same about Ruth Picardie or John Diamond who not only wrote (lucrative) columns as they were dying, but books too, about the cancers that killed them? I would posit no, because they were already solvent, and able to write coherently about the devastating effect cancer has not just on its victims, but their families as well. If you have anger about anything, aim it at Jade's parents, the Government of the day, and the school(s) she attended, who failed her academically. Jade in dying, has saved thousands of lives, by highlighting the importance of smear tests (even though an abnormal smear doesn't necessarily extrapolate to cervical cancer). The test has to be timed mid-cycle; is not the easiest procedure to get right.

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 12:21

Jade herself was just a sad girl who got her 15 minutes of "fame" and I feel sorry for her kids.

What I don't understand is the almost hysterical media coverage. Sky TV this morning called her "Reality TV celebrity Jade Goody...".

1. There is nothing real about "Reality TV".

2. Being on "Reality TV" doesn't make one a celebrity.

One commentator even likened her to Princess Diana in "uniting the country"!!

Am I missing something here?

Hippo


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 12:32

It is obviously a very emotive subject and everybody is entitled to thier opinion and mine is what I posted.

Some people will post and support her actions I respect thier stand however the right remains for each and everyone to state thiers.



We all agree that she raised awarness, and on this occasion I tend to agree with Hans the media had a lot to do with how it was portrayed, the more over the top the better, they were out to sell newspapers/advertising.



She has found peace now and that is good.

Anonymous


Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 12:35

''After her fourth abnormal smear, she ignored a letter urging her to return to hospital, instead hoping the disease would go away on its own.



“When I heard I had more abnormal cells, I thought this is the fourth time I have been told I need to have the same operation now,” she told Heat Magazine.''





http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/i-ignored-cancer-warnings-jade-goody_10088993.html

MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 12:44

Anonymous - fine to take the moral high ground, but it has been reiterated over and over how ignorant Jade was on so many levels; that was reflected in her attitude about hoping the disease "would just go away". She has now ensured her children won't be so ignorant by the funds she has raised on their behalf, if nothing else, by trading on that very ignorance that brought her to the public awareness in the first place. She didn't make an informed decision, as she was clearly unable to process the information in front of her as being urgent and momentous. The woman is dead now, let her legacy be the thousands of lives her going public on her condition, has saved, not on how erroneous her decision making process was.

MimoMar


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Posts: 150

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 12:49

We all know that this board is frequented by self-opininated members but posting a derogatory opinion here in this thread is BAD taste and reflects on your personally.

If you can't say something nice, just don't say anything!

I feel sorry for Jade's family and friends.

I feel a different sorrow for the aforementioned posters.

She did very well for herself without being 'educated' - perhaps that is what bothers some - the green eye!

Anonymous


Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 16

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 13:37

It was factual, not opinionated. I have offered no personal views.

JoeXII


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 13:49

Dear Mino.



To say that someone is jealous of a victim of cancer is awful, what a revolting thing to say.

sienna


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Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 14:10

she has paid the ultimate price becasue of what she has done or not done or whether you agree or not ! leaving two boys without a mother



and rasied awareness of cervical cancer



I say again let the girl rest in peace

parkview



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Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 14:24

An hour ago I just received the news my friends father died this morning of cancer, it is a terrible disease that takes no prisoners and effects not only family but friends alike. It is a tradegy that Jade has died so young but I do feel if she really wanted to raise awareness for this terrible disease I would have had more respect for her if she had set up a charity in her name for Cancer. Unfortunately there are thouands of children left without parents due to this illness and they do not have the luxury of a media circus to fund their future lifestyles, wouldn't it have been better to set up a trust for all those unfortunate children who will be parentless as well as her own. That would have been a legacy people would have remembered her for.

sienna


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Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 14:39

may he too rest in peace

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 15:15

JoeXII, I doubt that anyone could be jealous of someone with the big 'C' and to suggest that I said/meant this, is, in your own words, an awful/revolting thing to say.



Jade came from nowhere, danced the media tightrope, played them at their own game and won. Respect.



Parkview, I am sorry to hear about your friend's father.



"luxury of a media circus" - I doubt that it is a luxury!



Jade was an expert in her chosen field and did the right thing by her children. None of us know what she or, many others, did/do for charity and we shouldn't speculate!

MimoMar


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 15:27

Anonymous - "she has died out of her own stupidity."



pin-onion or, opinion?

MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 15:31

"wouldn't it have been better to set up a trust for all those unfortunate children who will be parentless as well as her own."



Parkview



There are countless charities for cancer sufferers and their dependents. One started by Jade wouldn't have made much difference, within a year or so, the memory of Jade will be history, and how many people would contribute towards that charity, unless they had a personal connection as to its instigation? Comic Relief also supports parentless children, as should any Government of the day. Jade's primary focus was on providing for her children in every way possible, none of us can save the world, it is the human element to look to one's own before going outside of that need. She has left a legacy, that of saving countless women's lives. She couldn't be all things to all people. It is sad your friend lost their father, I lost my mother to cancer, my father to a heart attack - loss is part of life, some of us experience it earlier than others

JoeXII


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 15:31

Here here Parkview.

Woodspeckie


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 15:56

The two boys also have a Dad, where does this leave him? just wonder if he supported them moneywise or was it left to Jade.

kyreniakate


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 18:13

I had very mixed opinions on Jade Goody originally but now I admire her, who on earth would not want to do the best for their children. She made her fortune from the age of twenty (and she had at least got herself into a reasonable job from her background) she just went on from there. We should all remember what it is like to be young, I am sure we all made mistakes but she did not have a good start. Jade managed to come on leaps and bounds, yes through the media, but now at the end of her very short life she has set the process for her two small boys to have an education she did not and hopefully that is the start of a very good life them. Many young girls will now be going for and taking notice of smear tests, no one thinks an abnormal smear test means you have cancer. I am sad that she has lost her life and will not be able to see her young boys grow up, and yes I know she is one of many people who also cannot but she tried her best and I think she was so brave.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:07

i think she was very brave and whilst she may or may not set up a charity she did what she didnt have. A future for her children. I had no time for her when she was on BB . I thought she was ignorant but seeing how she kept in the spotlight when who do you remember from subsequent big brothers have. She played thier game, she courted the publicity machine and maybe she knew then. hope the family can have peace of mind and that the boys are taken care off. She may hav missed hospital appointments but if you are not feeling well and your partner says go to the doctor have it checked. reply Ill be ok. I think we may all have done that.Charity did not do much for her when she needed it mabe she choose not to.Her charity was for her childen. They now do no have a mum and Im sory to say not a great future with her new hu

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:08

RE msg 33, Hippo > the media had a lot to do with how it was portrayed, the more over the top the better, they were out to sell newspapers/advertising. <



===> And the sad crowd/customers ran to read about and watch the last adventures of an unfortunate lady, who hasn't been the brightest light in the UK, if I understand the comments above. It's the low level, rubbish media and their low level rubbish customers who are to blame for this disgusting "news item".

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:12

cont. husband.She is free from pain. She did create awarness being in the spotlight. I hope and I pray many young ladies will now take notice.The Big C has no respect for race age or creed. I lost a brother my baby sister and Guidos parents within 3 years and my own mum to an asthma attack. Grief is very hard but the are yung and with the right guidance and her loving legacy I hope they will cope. May she rest in peace. I feel she fought the fight. xxxx

MimoMar


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Posts: 150

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:17

Dutchy, and what are you out to sell, cra*py maps, and look at the lengths you go to!



Don't judge the sympathetic by your standards!



"Not the brightest light" - intellectual snobbery at its worst!



"low level rubbish customers" - I hope your map readers are listening!

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:19

very sad, a very likeable young lady.





Nick

Middle Easter


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:22

You know I never liked Jade, but she did make a very brave ending & as a result a positive message for other ladies to have regular smears. And the fact that its never too late...



Also I really hope all her money is tied up in trust for the 2 sons. & someone responsible to look after them. Otherwise if that thug of a new husband get the money, he will probably squander it on booze a new set out of golf clubs to beat up the neighbours (when he gets out of prision that is!)



Ironic (I apologise) but true

rowan


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 19:35

I really do not understand some of you. At the end of thge day, a young woman of 27 years of age has died and that is a tragedy, nomatter what the circumstances. may she rest in peace and her boys be enabled to come to terms with the loss of their mum.

LondonCypriot


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Message Posted:
22/03/2009 20:09

I am extreamly sad for Jade. At least she is in heaven and pain free now.

Elliecy


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Message Posted:
23/03/2009 11:59

Here here Rowan. Everything else aside, a young mother of 27 yrs has died and left 2 children, which she did her utmost to provide for in the best way she knew how. Its very sad and no-one should have to go through that.

Amber


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Posts: 561

Message Posted:
23/03/2009 12:30

So so sad. I will miss her courage honesty and beaming smile.

RubberDuck


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Message Posted:
23/03/2009 16:22

Jade Goody did arrange for a charity foundation to be set up in her name.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/2009/03/21/jade-goody-sets-up-charity-foundation-as-cancer-battle-reaches-final-days-86908-21215331/

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/03/2009 20:26

RE msg 55, LondonCypriot > At least she is in heaven <



===> Just for the record. There is probably no heaven, so you are only wishing and speculating - which is naive but not forbidden, of course.

smithy


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Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
23/03/2009 20:40

DutchCrusader

None of us know if there is a heaven or not, but myself I would like to think there is, that way I would meet up again with the members of my family who I so miss and didnt get time to say goodbye

Sheila (smithy)

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/03/2009 21:17

RE msg 60, smithy (Sheila) > None of us know if there is a heaven or not <



===> Isn't that what I said? I hope - for you - that you're right. But in the meantime I reject superstition from heaven to healing stones and what have you. OK?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/03/2009 21:18

RE msg 60, smithy (Sheila) > None of us know if there is a heaven or not <



===> I hope - for you - that you're right. But in the meantime I reject superstition from heaven to healing stones and what have you. OK?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
23/03/2009 21:20

Strange! A post I edited in the Quick Reply window was sent also. Ignore # 61 (and # 62 if you wish!).

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
24/03/2009 01:02

Now that Jade Goody has sadly died (I was never a fan, but to die at 27 and leave 2 small children is surely tragic) we now have the debacle of the "Jade Goody Funeral" debacle. Surely enough is enough?



J

The-Wicks


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Message Posted:
24/03/2009 01:06

Apologies - should have read the debacle of the "Jade Goody Funeral". When even Max Clifford looks despairing at the prospect, how much "dignity" will be involved here?



J

chick


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Message Posted:
24/03/2009 12:10

Msgs 64, 65.



You are quite right, the mother is glorifying in the limelight she even had a spray tan done last week ready for the funeral and is now having her teeth done.

It is a mortal sin that a young girl has died, but enough is enough.

Woodspeckie


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Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 16:35

Cortege of 21 Daimlers and screened live to massive TV screens outside the church Saturday 4th April. Husband Jack is due to be sentenced on Thursday for assaulting a taxi driver and there are doubts about him being at the funeral.

Arthur


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Posts: 687

Message Posted:
24/03/2009 23:55

If anyone had any sense, they'd bring about an end to this tasteless circus. How many headlines/articles can The Sun make out of it?? How much has that parasite Clifford made by deluding the late, and with the best will in the world, not the sharpest tool in the box, Jade that this was "necessary" to "provide for her children". The saddest thing about it is, I'm afraid, the "Sun readers" who made her a "star". I'm sorry if this offends people, but Jade Goody was a rather talentless young lady who has been manipulated by Max Clifford to create meaningless headlines but that have paid her and Clifford far beyond their worth. No doubt Clifford will move on to the next person he can manipulate, and The Sun will sell more papers to gullible punters...............