Linda Nolan talks purchasing pink glitter coffin for funeral plans

Linda Nolan has revealed that she was “shocked and scared” after being told by her doctor that her cancer has spread to her brain.

The 64-year-old, who is a member of the pop group The Nolans, moved in with her sister Denise as she is unable to live alone.

Speaking in a new interview, Linda addressed losing her hair for the fourth time as she discussed her funeral plans.

The singer was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and underwent a mastectomy and 18 rounds of chemotherapy.

She has lost her husband Brian and younger sister Bernie to the disease, and watched eldest sister Anne successfully fight it.

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Linda’s cancer returned in her hip in 2017, and in her liver in 2020.

Most recently, cancerous tumours had been found in her brain and she is currently awaiting the results of a second MRI scan to see if the brain tumours have shrunk.

She admitted she struggles to keep herself together and often wants to “slide down the walls in a heap”.

The Nolan sister recalled her late husband Brian planning his funeral as she discussed planning her own, as she admits, “I think it’s a one-way trip now.”

She continued to The Mirror: “Brian organised his funeral and it was amazing.

“Bernie arranged hers. It’s easier for people left behind. I’ve gone into it a little bit. A Neil Sedaka song, Our Last Song Together. And I know the funeral people I’m going to use.

“Then Maureen said ‘Look at this coffin, it was made for you, it’s pink glitter’.”

Linda added she may “absolutely” go for that particular coffin as she is the “blingy Nolan”.

The 2014 Celebrity Big Brother contestant recently appeared on Good Morning Britain and told how she was preparing for the months ahead.

She said: “We’re getting everything and [I’ve] bought a wheelchair, we’re getting stuff ready for the inevitable.

“Really scary, scary trip to be on, this one.” Linda, who has also been a guest panellist on Loose Women, said she thought there was an issue with her spine before she was told about the latest diagnosis.

“So it was a shock in that effect because… you immediately think… [it is] the start of a long and winding road, but the hope is that there is this new drug, they’re hailing it as a wonder drug.

“The hope is that it will do wonders for me, please god.”