Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody

Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody born 5 June 1981 has lost her fight against cancer aged 27.

Jade's mother Jackiey Budden said this morning "My beautiful daughter is at peace."

She had been treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London but wanted to die at home with her
family, saying she wanted "to spend all the time she had got left" with new husband Jack Tweed and
sons, Bobby, five, and Freddy, four.

Since learning that the cervical cancer she was diagnosed with in August 2008 was terminal, Jade
decided to live the last few months in the public eye, with her life being documented by Living TV
and an exclusive deal signed with OK magazine, with all the money earned being put into a trust fund
for her 2 son's future.

When news broke that Jade cancer was terminal, medical authorities in the UK reported a huge surge
in requests from women, particularly younger women, for screening for cervical cancer. As a further
result of the publicity surrounding Jade's illness, on 13 March 2009 the UK Government agreed to
review its policy of not offering screening for cervical cancer until the age of 25 in England (it
is 20 in the rest of the UK). The next day, Jade said is a press release that she was "immensely
proud" that she had helped prompt the review.

Jade was a dental nurse when she first came into the public spotlight, during the Channel 4 reality
TV show Big Brother 3 in 2002,. Jade finished in 4th place, staying in the house the full 64 days.

After coming out of the Big Brother house, she fronted her own reality TV shows, wrote a weekly
column for Now Magazine, released her autobiography and launched her own line of perfume called
Shh.

Shortly after, Jade met TV presenter and fellow reality television regular Jeff Brazier, the father
of her two sons, both of whom were born in Harlow, Essex. Bobby Jack Brazier was born on 6 June 2003
and Freddie Brazier was born in September 2004. Jade and Jeff seperated in 2005.

In 2006 Jade met Jack Tweed who went on to appear alongside her in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother
5, along with Jade's mother. Just before she entered the house she was ranked number 25 in a poll in
Heat Magazine for the most influential person in the world.

August 2008 saw Jade enter the Indian version of Big Brother, Bigg Boss. It was 2 days into this
show that Jade was told she had cervical cancer and she was immediately flown back to England.

On 15 February 2009 Jade and Jack exchanged rings in a private informal ceremony on the banks of the
River Thames in London. They married a week later on Sunday 22 February at Down Hall country house.

Jade requested to be christened from her bed at the Royal Marsden Hospital on 7 March along with her
sons. Her publicist, Max Clifford confirmed that this would be her last public appearance.

Our thoughts are with her family and close friends at this very sad time.