Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox has been left devastated after a close pal passed away – a matrer of weeks after she completed a tough and emotional challenge for Children In Need
Sara Cox, 50, has been left heartbroken after her beloved friend Peta died, just weeks after the radio star finished her 135-mile Great Northern Marathon Challenge for Children In Need – raising an incredible £11.5m.
She announced her friend’s tragic death on Sunday with a moving tribute to her – including throwback snaps of the pair together over the years.
In the sweet carousel of pictures, Sara and Peta could be seen smiling and enjoying themselves at various moments, including on exotic holidays and at fancy dress parties together. Alongside the snaps Sara wrote: ‘Sleep tight Peta, You’ll always be in my heart x.’
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Fans shared their condolences in the comments section, with one saying: ‘Sorry for your loss Sara. So hard when we lose a close friend’. Another wrote, ‘’Sara I am so sorry to hear this. Life can be so cruel and unfair at times. Sending you love and thoughts’.
Back in 2012, the Radio 2 DJ opened up on her special friendship with Peta to The Standard – confessing that one of her favourite things to do when she was in London was go for dinner with Peta, and her mum Jackie Cox.
The sad news comes not long after one of the presenter’s most gruelling challenges to date. Just last month Sara revealed that donations were continuing to stack up after completing her epic Children In Need challenge, after she shared her behind-the-scenes appeal film, Sara Cox: Every Step of the Way.
She covered an incredible 135 miles on foot across Northumberland, County Durham, North and West Yorkshire – the equivalent distance of five marathons across five days – and afterwards received congratulations from Prince William and rapper Stormzy.
Sara revealed the new total on her Radio 2 show and said: ‘You are legends. Every fiver, tenner, every twenty, every thirty. Whatever you gave a couple of quid on the side of the road.
“The kids that gave their money that they got from the tooth fairy. Every penny goes to helping children and young people in the UK and you are absolutely incredible.
‘If it’s safe to do so, you are not operating heavy machinery, holding a small child or nursing a large whiskey, give yourselves a pat on the back. That is beautiful. Eleven and a half million pounds. We did it together, thank you.’
After crossing the finish line, Sara revealed to Scott and Radio 2 listeners that music got her through the challenge: ‘I would like to thank Chase and Status and Stormzy for Backbone.
‘And I’d like to apologise to my son because on telly, if it stays on the documentary, I am singing that song quite a lot and it’s so cringe.
‘So I am so sorry to my kids. We spend a lot of time playing brilliant music on Radio 2… I was singing along at one point like a mad woman, singing along to Blur, and all sorts just to try and push through.’
Source: Mirror
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