Jade Goody Book Of Condolences
JADE Goody: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Jade Goody’s death
Daily Express: “My beautiful Jade is at peace”
The Sun: “At Peace on Mother’s Day”
“Her two beloved boys lost their mum”
“Her mum lost her beautiful daughter”
A grandfather loses a granddaughter; a cousin loses a cousin; a postman loses a …
Read about how beautiful the Sun thought Jade was here.
The Sun: “Mummy’s in heaven now”
After days of wondering how Jade would tell her sons she was dying (see front-page news), the Sun finally realises they might be able to read and speaks directly to them.
JADE’S two little boys woke up on Mother’s Day excitedly expecting to give her cards they had made — only to be gently told she had gone to Heaven.
The Sun: “£4m legacy gives lads a better start”
Good money. And here’s another 5k.
The Sun: “Pics of Jade’s boys in coffin”
Sick!
PHOTOS of Bobby and Freddie will be placed in Jade’s coffin for her funeral — which the dying mum planned herself.
Were you entertained?
EARLIER this week the Guardian, along with The Sun, criticised OK! magazine’s “Jade Goody Official Tribute Issue 1981-2009” as being premature while she clings to life. Then yesterday Guardian political editor Michael White criticised Jade herself, saying: “Jade Goody seems to be taking part in her own death for the benefit of the media.” Where can the Guardian go next?
And the Sun, which gave us:
I urge you to exercise your democratic right and vote the pig out.
Daily Mirror: “Mummy’s in heaven”
“Jade’s boys gently told as she dies on Mother’s Day”
Gently?
There is an 8-page tribute.
Jade Goody RIP: Tributes from our Daily Mirror columnists
Eight-pages to fill - c’mon!
Sue Carroll:
If there’s a good way to die then Jade showed us how it could be done. She removed, perhaps forever, the fears and taboos associated with death by turning her own into an inspirational performance which will give succour to thousands more.
Tony Stewart:
She went from clown to pariah to – well, what? National treasure? I can’t be the only one who recalls the outpouring of grief that followed the death of Princess Diana, a woman from the other end of the social strata.
The country learned to love Jade, in the way that they fell for Diana. Both women grew up in public. The princess and the pauper.
Jade Goody Pays Tribute To Princess Diana
It’s class war. Get this:
Snobs despised the national mourning that followed the death of Diana…
Diana lived in the spotlight but died in the darkness…
Middle class commentators will say it’s all wrong. But those rocky years on TV defined Jade, they gave her unlucky, short life meaning and validity.
Someone tell Stewart, Jade’s sending her children to private school…
Polly Hudson:
I’m standing with Jade, who is absolutely beaming, her eyes shining with excitement – all her dreams had come true. If someone had told me then that seven years later she’d be dead, it would have been beyond comprehension. Old people die, not bouncy balls of energy with everything to live for.
Fiona Phillips:
Jade was an extraordinary person and I feel really very sad that she’s gone. Even the fact that she died on Mother’s Day is pure Jade, she couldn’t have gone on just any old, ordinary day!
And if she stayed alive until yesterday on pure willpower for the boys she adored, that doesn’t surprise me. Jade was determined to make the most of everything that life threw at her, good and bad.
Daily Mirror: “You may not have known where East Anglia was but you knew the way to our hearts”
The Mirror is reading cards left by Jade’s home:
One message reads: “Hugs and kisses to our Princess of Essex“…
See above…
Pensioner Marjorie Loftus, of Barnet, North London, referred to Jade’s time in Big Brother where she was ribbed for her poor grasp of knowledge and geography. The 78-year-old wrote: “You may not have known where East Anglia was but you knew the way to our hearts.”
And:
Little Daisy Price arrived to lay flowers. The seven-year-old had a simple message: “She was lovely.” Mum Donna, 33, said: “Jade was remarkable.”
Good language skills. Seven?
“I didn’t know her personally but I would have liked to have done. It is so sad, especially on Mother’s Day.”
From the mouth of a seven-year-olds.
Dubliner Irene Devereux said:
“Jade is a modern day saint. She inspired me. The way she has looked after her kids and performed in public is extraordinary.“
Daily Mail: “Jade was unique, brave and leaves a legacy that just might save lives. But one thing she never claimed to be was a saint.”
Well, not unless the show demanded it – the Reality Lives Of Saints never got past the pilot episode. “Saint Augustus, you ****!”
Daily Star: “JADE 1981-2009 – Life and death of ultimate BB star”
Daily Telegraph: “Reality star’s life and death in the TV spotlight”
Why reality star? What not “TV star”, or “media darling”?
The Guardian: “At peace and finally out of the limelight”
Front-page, er, news.
The Herald: “Emotion overtakes normally cool king of PR spin”
Generally acknowledged as one of the shrewdest practitioners of his trade, he is known for his no-nonsense manner as well as the famous, and occasionally infamous, celebrities he represents. But yesterday, when PR guru Max Clifford was asked about how the death of client Jade Goody had affected him personally, the 65-year -old had to take a moment to compose himself before replying: “This is just very sad. We got very close.”
Gather…
“I have got a lot of respect and admiration for the girl. She was a 27-year-old facing up to her cancer and she was providing for her boys and making sure they got the start in life she never had.”
Scotsman: “LESLEY RIDDOCH: JADE’S LEGACY: A SOCIETY THAT CAN NO LONGER CARE”
JADE Goody is dead and the celebrity culture that created her public persona is already in overdrive. Tabloid and magazine coverage of her funeral will be as prurient, intrusive and watched as Princess Diana’s demise.
Jade’s children have already become public property with past treatment of Wills and Harry held up as the template for permissible media intrusion.
Jade Goody is dead.
Posted: 23rd, March 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts Comments (51) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 26th, 2009 at 12:03 am
No, ann-marie, we will not “SHUT the F*** UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, nor are we obliged to say ’something nice’ - this is a forum for open discussion, where opinions may vary and comment is free. If you want an unremitting stream of sycophantic drivel and sanctimonious bilge there are plenty of JG tribute threads - The Scum… sorry, TheSun… for example, has a particularly nauseating, vomit inducing appreciation page - feel free to f*** off and commiserate in the company of your fellow fanatics there.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
IT TURNS OUT THAT AFTER JUST ONE DAY IN HEAVEN EVEN GOD IS SO PISSED OFF WITH JADE GOODY THAT SHE IS NOW UP FOR EVICTION.
SHE IGNORED ABNORMAL SIGNS ON HER SMEAR TESTS AS THE STUPID COW ( SORRY THATS AN INSULT TO COWS ) THOUGHT CERVICAL CANCER WAS HER STAR SIGN.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
yay Yampster…. back to the beginning. Groundhog day and a revival of my interest in syntax. I guess its the Essex connection again.
Oh and Cheshire… yes JB absolutely should have stayed indoors out of sight instead of grand-standing in front of the cameras just hours after her daughter had died.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Ed Hominem lives!
March 25th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
7 coolandcalm Says:
March 23rd, 2009 at 9:14 am
I read the papers this morning; I didn’t want to, I tried not to but nonetheless….
Did you see the photo of the Regal Jackiey Budden wearing designer sunnies and a white (white?) minidress regally inspecting the flowers / teddies / helium balloons that are spread across the driveway a la Di?
Or Max’s comment about Jade ‘withdrawing from public life’….. VERY regal.
But I do have to ask, why was the personal trainer Kevin (all in black) with her at the end? Curious.
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C&C
I dont understand why you read about JG if you obsess like this? You seem to think taking the ‘mick’ out of a dying woman and her family is ok!?!
Poking fun at the media (too much I agree) is one thing but why have a pop at a grieving mother who probably feels her daughters death all the more because she had been a lousy mother for most of Jades life…Is there a dress code for mourning? Should she have ignored all the people who wanted to pay respects and stayed inside?
Her friend Kevin is talked about a lot and just happens to be a personal trainer. would it have drawn a sarcastic resonse from you if he had been a gardener/worked in a shop etc etc. Is it funny??? I dont understand what your point is…
Or Max’s comment about Jade ‘withdrawing from public life’..you complain if she is in the papers but not when she withdrawers? Is it the phrase?
Perhaps you should have written her announcements - having said that I have read some of the drivel you sell so maybe not…..
Moderator Perhaps C&C couldn’t avoid reading/seeing /hearing as the media had reached saturation point.
C&C’s books are NOT under the microscope here or up for discussion
March 25th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
As a ghost?
March 25th, 2009 at 9:55 am
For all you Jade fans that are missing the ‘Chav of Hearts’ she’ll be appearing on Living TV’s ‘Celebrity Most Haunted’ tonight at 8.30
March 25th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Isn’t STD that new-fangled telephone system? what’s that got to do with green tea and mushrooms?
March 25th, 2009 at 9:22 am
…and lest we forget…don’t forget the mushies & the green tea, it might not stop you getting an STD…..but that depends how you use the mushrooms.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:09 am
“How many of these chavs rushing for tests bother to insist on their many partners using a condom, even though this lowers the risk of cervical cancer?”
Well said Patch….you & the thousands of health professionals who are having to use up resources treating the epidemic of STD’s in this country, may just have saved a fair few lives with your honest advice….
If Jaded Goody taught us all only one useful thing…it was to use a rubber johnny….or keep your legs closed..especially when appearing on Reality T.V.
We are all brave heroes now….
March 24th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
What a disgrace. This woman prostituted herself for money, even to the end. Nothing given to charity. Other cancer sufferers die in NHS hospitals because they are refused Macmillan nurses, thanks to lack of funds. Others die in slum conditions such as Stafford Hospital, which is NOT an isolated case, drinking from vases and receiving little care. Had Jade taken heed of her smear tests instead of ignoring abnormal results, then perhaps her two children would still have their mother.
It is comforting to read that Jack spent time during Jade’s last few days, reading the instructions for the new quad bike for the boys. And her mother found time for topping up her spray tan. Jackiey asked for privacy, only to return a couple of hours later for a ‘walkabout’. What overwhelming dignity!
I note that ‘brave’ and ‘courageous’ are terms given to someone suffering from cancer. Jade was still the same selfish, grasping racist bully - a fact we choose now to forget, who shamed her boys on Celebrity BB.
This outpouring of hysteria is abhorrent and indecent. Jade’s death is a tragedy to her family, not to the public. I doubt that Jack or Jackiey will ever have to work a day in their entire lives. They would sell Jade’s shit if the price was high enough. Jade has never done anything worthy of praise. Smear tests are available to anyone in the correct age bracket and it is up to the individual whether they can ‘be arsed’ to actually attend. Going for a smear test is nothing ‘brave’, it is taking responsibility for your own welfare and the welfare of your dependents. How many of these chavs rushing for tests bother to insist on their many partners using a condom, even though this lowers the risk of cervical cancer?
It is sad to die at the age of 27. It is much sadder that the dead soldiers returning from Iraq or Afghanistan only get a briefest mention in the news.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
there thank god its all over the goody story comes to an end.the end to someone only famous for her stupidity.a racist who blames stupidity.only charity work actually carried out was to collapse doing a marathon ( maybe she thought you could eat it ) and raised just over 500 quid.married to some one who by all rights should still be in jail and will be again very soon. personally i think she died a few days ago but coming clean about it on mothers day looks better.cancer is a terrible disease and i pity any one suffering from it ,but to show it off to the world in order to make money, yes make money for herself.it nothing short of a crime to humanity.i feel sorry for all the souls who line up to watch the end of this saga.who is the bigger fool you or miss gopdy herself.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Dairy/Petermac
Her value to people did swing from indifference and intolerance to hero worship - the extremes really.
It would be interesting (in that case) to know the views of people who knew her, not her immediate family, but acquaintences.
A product of ‘reality’ but one thing she wasn’t to me, at least, was real.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:00 am
You’d thei nk the word ‘book’ in the title would have put them off, but no…apparently one you can add your misplaced sentiments to without having read any big words is fine.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:37 am
R.I.P Jade, you were an inspiration to all. God bless your sons and family and may they find the same strengths that you did and make you proud like you have made them. You will live on in the hearts of those who loved you and will not be forgotten you are a legend. xxx
March 24th, 2009 at 9:30 am
..but was it all ridicule, Petermac…? it might have been for most of us on here, but from some of the more rabid postings we have seen over the past few weeks, it seems she was hero-worshipped by quite a few, for reasons best known to themselves…
March 24th, 2009 at 9:24 am
“But those rocky years on TV defined Jade, they gave her unlucky, short life meaning and validity.”
No it did not. TV merely exposed an very stupid, ugly, and ill-educated woman to ridicule. TV does that to people. It does not ‘give’ people anything. Only people in TV think that what they have is of value. The rest of us watch, bemused.
March 24th, 2009 at 8:30 am
On German “Big Brother’s” first season there was a young man called Zlatko. One day one of the inmates mentioned William Shakespeare. Zlatko asked: “Who’s that?” When he saw the bewildered looks on the faces of the others, he admitted having heard the name Shakespeare before, but just wasn’t exactly sure if the guy “wrote novels” or was a film maker doing “documentary stuff”.
March 24th, 2009 at 7:01 am
who is this jade goody you earth people speak of?
the picture of her looks like my uncle
March 24th, 2009 at 6:59 am
who’s jade?
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
magnetite, or can I call you mI, when I was searching for news of MM, via 3mobile before I got with it and got a computer, anorak very often flashed up on the results. I didn’t get all the “first” and “second” stuff to begin with, and I thought it was all a bit strange but I get it now. I suppose we can understand the odd kid straying on here and leaving their messages. Unless my page hasn’t refreshed itself, it’s interesting to see how many comments have been left after 8 o’clock which are in favour of JG…..none! Must be bedtime. Still, at least they care. Bless the kids eh.
March 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Anorak’s Google-Fu and SEO ranking skills are mighty, Dr. Eggman. Anorak knows the game and can play well even at the low end of an uneven pitch. ‘Tis a good job he does not use his powers for evil.
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Is Anorak coming up on a search of Jade Goody + Book of Condolences? I (almost) predicted this would happen last week Anorak, it’s yer own fault!!! I’m now off to watch 24 and Quantum of Solace, starring famous people who are also talented!! What a daft idea, it’ll never catch on……
March 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 pm
…and sleazy
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
…and naughty
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
R.I.P. dear Jade…you touched my heart….i bet your’e laughing up there at the things people have been saying i know i would be…we all mess up and we all do good but you know the world wouldn’t go round if we all agreed with one another …leave them to their views and opinions as long as they remember the fundamentals in life…my thoughts are with your family and friends xxxxx
but just remember fellow bloggers it’s nice to be nice…
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
i wanted to say how sorry i am for the loss of Jade she is the bravest person i have ever seen and her two lovely boys should not have to live without there mummy, my heart brakes for you at just the thought of the pain you are all feeling at losing her . it is a very sad time and i wish she was still here. Jade is a very special person and has now helped many people and hopfully always will good bye Jade love francesca
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:35 pm
…no need to shout….
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm
TO JADE /S FAMILY AND FRIENDS I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT JADE MY HEART IS WITH YOU AND MY THOUGHTS ARE AS WELL SHE CERTAINLY SPOKE HER MIND PLEASE GIVE MY LOVE TO HER HUSBAND JACK AND HER LOVELY MUM IT IS VERY SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO A FAMILY MEMBER SHE ALWAYS WILL BE REMEMBERED IN BIG BROTHER SHE WAS BRILL IN IT FROM LOUISE
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Rest In Peace Jade, you were an inspiration to us all. It is a wicked when a lovely young mom with two beautiful boys is taken away, but let’s hope your legacy will live on. My thoughts and prayers are with you and you family at this sad time.
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
i think this is a publicity stunt to rake in the millions,,,,i think jade is on a plane under a new name heading to the bahamas,,,,while a body is in that offin nailed shut,,,,,,if uve got the dough anythins possible