Thousands to mourn reality TV star Goody

Thousands of well-wishers are expected to line the streets of east London on Saturday for the funeral of controversial reality TV star Jade Goody. The 27-year-old lost a public battle with cervical cancer last month, prompting sympathy and headlines around the world. Goody had burst into the spotlight in the British version of “Big Brother” in 2002 but attracted global notoriety five years later when she made racist comments — for which she later apologized — to Indian actress Shilpa Shetty

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Reality TV star Jade Goody loses cancer fight

British reality TV celebrity Jade Goody died early Sunday morning following a public battle with cervical cancer, her publicist has announced. Goody, 27, died in her sleep at home in Essex, east of London, just before 4 a.m. (midnight Eastern Daylight Time), a spokeswoman for Max Clifford Associates said

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