She sadly lost her battle with cancer earlier this morning.
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Bernie Nolan dead: Singer loses cancer battle aged 52
4 Jul 2013 13:30Bernie was diagnosed with cancer for the second time last year after previously beating breast cancer in 2010
Tragic: Bernie Nolan has died aged 52 SPLASH
Singer Bernie Nolan has died aged 52.
The TV star lost her battle with cancer earlier this morning.
Bernie was diagnosed with cancer for the second time last year after previously beating breast cancer in 2010.
Doctors could do nothing more to cure the disease after it spread to her liver, bones, brain and lungs.
The mum-of-one had been being cared for in a hospice but returned home to be with her family for her final days.
She leaves behind husband Steve Doneathy and daughter Erin, 14.
Bernie Nolan, husband Steve Doneathy and daughter Erin
Bernie Nolan
Bernie released her autobiography, Now And Forever, earlier this year which topped the best-sellers chart.
The emotional tale captured the hearts of the nation with her honest account of her life, loves and cancer battles.
Lead singer of the hit Irish girlband, The Nolans, Bernie also dabbled in acting and appeared in Brookside and The Bill.
After revealing her cancer had returned in October last year, defiant Bernie vowed to fight for as long as she could.
She told the Sunday Mirror: “OK, it’s not curable. But the doctors have promised me the cancer is treatable, it’s containable.
“I’m on medication which is controlling it, and people have lived for 12 years on these drugs. Who knows what new treatments are around the corner?
“I refuse to sit around like I’ve got a death sentence hanging over my head. I’m going to fight this for ever. It can get stuffed.”
Oh
how very, very sad - so sad for her sisters and all the families.
She fought a very tough battle and was so brave. Cancer is an evil and cruel disease.
Such sad news, she was my favourite when I was little, my mum used to request I'm in the mood for dancing on the radio when it was my birthday 
This is very sad RIP Bernie
I do wish though people would stop saying they've 'beaten' their cancer after such a short space of time. No doctor ever tells a patient that - they tend to give a 'guarded' prognosis and only when the person has lived 5 years cancer free do they fully agree that the person is in remission.
so sad for her family
I've just seen the funeral pass of the 40yr old woman who died of cancer that lives near me, a white carriage and white horses with 40 bikers leading the way 
there was about 300 on the street
Originally Posted by Aimee:
I've just seen the funeral pass of the 40yr old woman who died of cancer that lives near me, a white carriage and white horses with 40 bikers leading the way there was about 300 on the street
I'd be in buckets seeing that still far too many women dying of this disease
Although Bernie's been relieved of her suffering her family and friends are grieving a loved one and my thoughts go out to them. I lost a very dear friend of many years to the same condition last year, I still miss her and so do her family and friends. Peace to your Soul Bernie xxxxx
Originally Posted by Pengy:
Originally Posted by Aimee:
I've just seen the funeral pass of the 40yr old woman who died of cancer that lives near me, a white carriage and white horses with 40 bikers leading the way there was about 300 on the street
I'd be in buckets seeing that still far too many women dying of this disease
It did bring a tear to my eye 
