Over the weekend, Maureen, Denise, and Anne took to the stage to pay homage to their late sisters, Bernie and Linda, both of whom passed away from cancer.
Three members of The Nolans reunited on stage this weekend to perform a special one-off gig to help raise money for cancer following the loss of two of their sisters to the illness in recent years.
On Saturday night, Anne, 74, Denise, 73, and Maureen, 71, performed at Sheffield’s City Hall in support of the Weston Park Cancer Charity.
Sadly youngest sister, Loose Women star Coleen Nolan, 60, was unable to join her older siblings due to work commitments and was said to be “absolutely gutted” as they were “doing it in honour of Bernie and Linda.”
Tragically, Bernie, the sister of Bernie, passed away from breast cancer in 2013 at the age of just 52, making the family’s situation worse.
After two decades of incurable secondary breast cancer spreading to her brain, Linda passed away in January of this year from pneumonia at the age of 65.
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Their 70-year-old brother, Brian, was just diagnosed with prostate cancer, and their sister Anne, who passed away before taking the stage, has also had cancer twice.
Simply The Best, the first time this line-up of Anglo-Irish sisters had performed together since 1978, was the title of the show.
One of the best-selling girl bands ever, they have sold 30 million records and have a particular strong following in Japan, making them one of the best.
The band’s most popular song is “In the Mood For Dancing,” but Denise first gave it a performance before it was released in 1979.
Sharing their reasons for doing the special show, Denise told the BBC they were determined “to do their sisters proud” and said: “Everything is difficult when someone goes, everything is a memory.
“But I believe that professionalism overtakes.” When Linda passed away, I gave her eulogy, and of course, you can’t wait until you think, “Am I going to break down?”
However, once you get there, it feels like you’re speaking to someone else, you’re doing your job, and you’re aware of your desire to make someone proud.
The trio also set a Guinness World Record for Tell Me It’s Not True from Blood Brothers.
At the fundraising event, celebrities like Dr. Ranj Singh, Layton Williams, Janette Manrara, and Darren Day joined them.
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Source: Mirror
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