Charlotte Dawson goes ‘full glam for Linda’ as she pays a sweet tribute to the Nolan sister during the singer’s funeral in Blackpool

Charlotte Dawson went ‘full glam for Linda’ as she paid a sweet tribute to the Nolan sister during the singer’s funeral at St. Paul’s Church in Blackpool on Saturday.

Singing icon Linda tragically passed away on January 15 2025 aged 65 following a 20-year breast cancer battle and after suffering from double pneumonia.

For the funeral, TV personality Charlotte, 32, wore a figure-hugging dress which showcased her growing baby bump. 

She layered a long black cape over her garment and slipped into a pair of black heels which featured a small black bow. 

Charlotte, who is the daughter of Les Dawson, toted her belongings around in a pale pink Chanel handbag and shielded behind a pair of sunglasses. 

She arrived at the church alongside her mother Tracy who also dressed in black and accessorised with pale pink. 

Charlotte Dawson, 32, went ‘full glam for Linda’ as she paid a sweet tribute to the Nolan sister during the singer’s funeral at St. Paul’s Church in Blackpool on Saturday

For the funeral, TV personality Charlotte, 32, wore a figure-hugging dress with showcased her growing baby bump; pictured with her mother Tracey Dawson

Speaking to MailOnline and other press at her funeral, Charlotte said: ‘I’m in full glam for you, Linda. She loved me in full glam. I don’t think I will look like this after the service.  

‘The sun is shining for her and she was such an amazing person. She lit up every room she walked in to. 

‘Everyone loves Linda, everyone. She was such a fun, bubbly, fabulous person and made me laugh. 

‘We had the best memories ever. We really did. Very special memories. Many a time drunk, when I wasn’t pregnant, I used to do her makeup as well. I would put her in full glam. 

‘We had so many different memories traveling the country having a laugh, getting into mischief  – that was our favourite thing to do.’

Linda passed away on 15th January, aged 65 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. She died from double pneumonia, where she entered into end-of-life care and then into a coma. 

She was living with secondary breast cancer, which had spread to her hip, liver and brain, but cancer was not the cause of death. 

The surviving sisters of the Irish eighties pop group – Maureen, 71, Anne, 74, Denise, 72, and Coleen, 59, – have raised £2,670 for Trinity Hospice.

Singing icon Linda tragically passed away on January 15 2024 aged 65 following a 20-year breast cancer battle and suffering from double pneumonia

Charlotte, who is the daughter of Les Dawson, toted her belongings around in a pale pink Chanel handbag and shielded behind a pair of sunglasses

She layered a long black cape over her garment and slipped into a pair of black heels which featured a small black bow

Speaking to MailOnline at her funeral, Charlotte said: ‘I’m in full glam for you, Linda. She loved me in full glam. I don’t think I will look like this after the service’

Linda will be laid to rest in her ‘spiritual home’ of Blackpool, where the Nolans found fame after moving to the town in 1972, and where they lived for much of their lives, once even recording a single called Blackpool about the football club. 

The funeral service, which was due to begin at 10.30am, was held in the same church on Honister Avenue where Linda married her beloved husband Brian Hudson in 1981.

The church is also where she held Brian’s funeral, after she lost him to skin cancer in 2007 when he was 60 years old.

A private service followed at a crematorium nearby, with Linda laid to rest with Brian’s ashes.

Her sister Coleen previously explained how they had decided on Linda’s final resting place, telling The Mirror: ‘My first thought after she died was to put Brian’s ashes with Linda’s.

‘So that’s what we’re doing. In life they were never apart, so I’m glad they’ll be together again.’

In the wake of her death, Linda’s sisters Anne, 74, Denise, 72, Maureen, 69, and Coleen, 59, extended an invitation to her fans to say their goodbyes and celebrate ‘her remarkable life’.

Fans gathered outside St Paul’s in designated areas, joining in with the family’s final farewell.

An official invitation shared on social media last week read: ‘The Nolan family invites everyone to join them in celebrating the extraordinary life of Linda Nolan.

‘Linda was a beacon of light, strength and unwavering love who inspired everyone she met, in addition to millions around the world.

‘Her absence leaves an ache in our hearts but her legacy will live on through the joy, hope and kindness she shared so freely.

‘Everyone who knew Linda or whose lives she touched, is welcome to come and pay their respects as we remember her remarkable life.

‘Fans and public are welcome to gather outside the church for the funeral – and in true Linda spirit, the more the merrier!’

It continued: ‘St. Paul’s Church holds a deeply special place in Linda’s heart. It is where she married the love of her life, Brian Hudson, with whom she shared 26 wonderful years of marriage. Brian was Linda’s rock, her soulmate, and the love of her life, just as she was his.

‘When Brian tragically passed away in 2007, Linda found the strength to carry on, but her love for him never wavered. St. Paul’s was also where Linda said her final goodbye to Brian, holding his funeral in the same church where they had exchanged their vows.

‘Now, Linda will return to this sacred place to be reunited with Brian once more, finally at peace and back in his loving embrace.

‘Following the service, there will be a private cremation at a nearby crematorium, attended by close family and friends only.’

The family then expressed their wishes that any donations be made to a charity.

They penned: ‘In honour of Linda’s compassionate and giving spirit, the family wishes to raise as much money as possible for Trinity Hospice, a charity that held a special place in Linda’s heart.

‘Donations can be sent through her memorial page, via the link in our bio. Messages of condolence, cherished memories and photos can also be shared on the page, creating a lasting tribute to Linda’s beautiful life.

‘Linda was more than a beloved sister, friend, and entertainer – she was a symbol of hope, humour and resilience.’

Linda was first diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer in 2005 before getting the all-clear in 2006 – but in 2017 she was diagnosed with a form of incurable secondary cancer in her hip, which spread to her liver in 2020.

Three years later she shared the news that the cancer had spread to her brain, with two tumours discovered on the left side of her brain which left her struggling with her speech and balance.

And she issued an update last August that the tumours – which were thought to be stable – had grown.

Weeks before her death, the former Nolans star wrote in the Mirror that she was beginning to feel better after contracting double pneumonia, but two days later she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems.

But despite being placed on oxygen and being urged to rest, Linda, known for her playful and spirited personality, couldn’t resist making those around her smile.

Rather than following medical advice to take it easy, she chose to spend her final hours spreading happiness and making people laugh.

Days after her death, her sister Denise, 72, reflected on her sister’s unwavering zest for life, describing how Linda embraced every moment and left behind memories of love, humor, and light.

Recounting the last few hours in the life of her ‘beautiful, brave, hard-working and talented sister’, Denise told the Mirror: ‘She’d been laughing and joking, although the medical team had told her she had to stay quiet to let her treatment do its job. Everyone was being quietly optimistic as she’d seemed so cheerful.

‘Then at 3.30am on Tuesday, we got the dreaded call, ‘Get to the hospital asap’.’

Linda had heartbreakingly planned her own funeral in the years before her death, right down to her glitter pink coffin.

Writing in her autobiography From The Heart in 2018, she explained: ‘I want to get all my affairs ‘in order’, as they say. I’ve caused my family enough worry over the years and so I want everything I can decided now so they don’t have to if I become very poorly.’

‘We had the best memories ever. We really did. Very special memories. Many a time drunk, when I wasn’t pregnant, I used to do her makeup as well. I would put her in full glam’, she added

Linda passed away on 15th January, aged 65 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. She died from double pneumonia, where she entered into end-of-life care and then into a coma

She added: ‘I’ve chosen the songs for my funeral… I would like There You’ll Be from Pearl Harbor sung by Faith Hill.

‘The words couldn’t be more fitting for the moment when I’ll finally be going to meet Brian again.’

The singer’s husband, Brian Hudson, died of liver failure in 2007 after being diagnosed with skin cancer.

Linda wrote: ‘It’s the song we played at his funeral. The song we’d jokingly rowed about years earlier as to which of us would have it at our funeral. A row in the days when we thought dying was a million miles away. Goodness, how things have changed.’