Linda Nolan died aged 65 in January (Yui Mok/PA)
Brian Nolan, the brother of singer Linda Nolan, has said that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer following his sister’s death.
Loose Women and Celebrity Big Brother star Linda, who long campaigned for awareness of breast cancer, died aged 65 in January with “her loving siblings by her bedside” after being admitted to Blackpool Victoria Hospital with double pneumonia.
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