Jade Goody dit au revoir à la vie

Stars et le cancer : Bashung s'ajoute à une trop longue liste

Si autrefois la discrétion était de mise, la maladie aujourd'hui n'est plus tabou, bien au contraire.

Comme par exemple les stars qui, frappées par le cancer, n'hésitent plus à communiquer médiatiquement sur leur propre combat pour en faire un exemple susceptible de mobiliser encore un peu plus l'opinion publique et la classe politique à lutter contre un maladie qui fait chaque année plus de 8 millions de victimes (déclarées) dans le monde.

Ce weekend encore nous a rappelé cette triste réalité, avec la disparition d'Alain Bashung qui a retenti dans le monde de la musique comme une énorme fausse note. Tous les artistes du showbizz se sont bien sûr mis au diapason pour saluer la mémoire d'un poète musicien au coeur pur.

Mort à seulement 61 ans d'un cancer des poumons, son décès nous rappelle la longue liste de stars qui elles-aussi en leur temps nous ont quittés prématurément - sans parler des grands personnages de l'Histoire tel Napoléon Bonaparte !

Un coup d'oeil dans le rétro avec de grands musiciens tels Franck Zappa, Harry Belafonte, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Bob Marley, Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, ou plus récemment Fred Chichain (le guitariste des Rita Mitsuko).

De grands noms du cinéma ou de la télé comme Steve McQueen, Robert Mitchum, Walt Disney, Gary Cooper, Olivia Newton-John, Sidney Pollack, Lino Ventura, Paul Newman, Yul Brynner (Kojak), Johnny Weissmuller (l'ancien nageur devenu Tarzan au cinéma).

Ainsi que de grands artistes, comme les peintres René Magritt et Claude Monnet, ou bien sûr le couturier Yves Saint Laurent l'année dernière.

Mais attention, certaines stars sont encore bien vivantes pour témoigner de leur retour à la vie comme Kylie Minogue, Christina Applegate, Sheryl Crow, Lance Armstrong (qui refait le Tour de France après 7 victoires), Cynthia Nixon, Farrah Fawcett, Colin Powell (le secrétaire d'état américain à la défense), Rupert Murdoch (le magnat de la presse) ou Mister T (le costaud de la série Agence Tous Risques).

Et comment pour finir ne pas évoquer les destins croisés de l'acteur américain Patrick Swayze et de la jeune star de la télé-réalité britannique Jade Goody, qui sont tous les deux en train de nous quitter face caméra...

Car, même aux risques de choquer une partie du public en dépassant les limites de la pudeur, leur cancer à l'issu fatale déchaine les passions et fait vendre beaucoup

Jade Goody diagnosed with cancer
PATuesday, 19 August 2008


Reuters

Jade Goody, surrounded by bodyguards, when she arrived in Mumbai for the Indian version of Big Brother
Reality TV star Jade Goody has cancer, her spokesman said today. The news was broken to the 27-year-old mother-of-two while she was appearing in the Indian version of Big Brother.

The Sun reports Goody was called in to the Diary Room, where she spoke to her consultant in the UK by telephone. She then burst into tears and ran into the house in hysterics, telling housemates: "I have cancer".
She was immediately withdrawn from the show and is flying back home for treatment.
Her spokesman told the Sun: "She went for tests and results have come back and she has cancer of the womb.
"She was phoned up and informed. This is a massive blow for her."
The newspaper reports Goody had undergone hospital tests earlier this month after her third cancer scare. It followed four mystery collapses.
It is believed she went on the Indian show to try to make amends after being accused of racism on last year's Celebrity Big Brother.
The show features 12 Indian celebrities and is hosted by Shilpa Shetty, 33, the Bollywood star who won the hearts of viewers after being bullied by Goody and other housemates.
Goody was thought to be earning up to ẳ100,000 for her appearance on the show, called Bigg (correct) Boss.
Ofcom received more than 50,000 complaints about Goody, Danielle Lloyd and former S Club singer Jo ÓMearás alleged racist bullying, with Goody referring to Shetty as "Shilpa Poppadom".
After Goody was evicted, she said she was "embarrassed and disgusted" by her own behaviour in the house but denied she was a racist.
Goodýs money-spinning contracts dried up - her perfume, Shh..., was taken off the shelves and publishers decided to drop a paperback edition of her autobiography.
Gordon Brown, who was then Chancellor, was forced to defend Britain as a "country of fairness and tolerance" and the TV star visited India, where her effigy had been burnt during the race row.


Jade Goodýs cancer has spread further than expected
13/09/2008

Jade Goodýs cancer has spread further than expected, doctors have discovered during an eight-hour operation to remove her womb.
Medics who carried out the hysterectomy found that the cancer had reached "Stage Three" - a term used to describe when it has moved beyond the womb. The cancer was discovered in a ligament muscle behind her uterus.
Before the operation, when they thought it was contained in her womb, the reality TV star was given 95 per cent ođs of making a full recovery.
Now the ođs have dropped - but they are still said to be better than 50 per cent.
Jade will have to undergo an intensive nine-week course of both chemotherapy and radiotherapy to try to kill any remaining cancer.
Its hoped that as she has a thick head of hair she will not lose it all as a result of the treatment.
Last night courageous Jade, 27, was still under heavy sedation in intensive care at Londons Royal Marsden Hospital - with doctors yet to tell her the latest findings.
A close friend said: "The hysterectomy was successful but they found the cancer had spread. They had thought it was at Stage Two and contained in the womb. But it is worse than that. Its not the news doctors were hoping for but they believe they have removed all the cancerous cells and she has a decent chance of making a full recovery."
Big Brother star Jade will be kept in hospital for two weeks. Then she can return home but will return five days a week for chemo and radiotherapy treatment.
Surgeons kept Jadés ovaries for hormonal reasons. Although she can no longer have a child, technically her eggs could be used in a surrogate pregnancy. However, her surgeon Ann Coxon would advise against doing so in case her ovaries contained any cancerous cells.
Jade, who was on the Indian version of Big Brother when she was told about her illness, has been unable to have visitors since she went under the knife on Friday.
As she was being wheeled into theatre, she joked to nurses: "Dont turn me into a man - I dont want a sex change, OK?"

In the next few days she may get a chance to see her sons, Bobby, five, and Fređie, three, who have been staying with their dad Jeff Brazier, 29.
The pal ađed: "Understandably Jade was nervous before the operation. All her boys have been told is that she has a poorly tummy. Jade asked that they be brought to see her in hospital as soon as she comes round.
"The doctors have to talk to her first. If she is OK, then the kids can come and see her."
Jadés jailed boyfriend Jack Tweed is waiting for news of the operation in prison. He was sentenced to 18 months earlier this month for assaulting a teenager with a golf club.
Jade has put on a brave face in public since discovering that she had the life-threatening disease. At the time, she said: "Íve no control over this disease and Ím bloody terrified.
"I am going to fight the damn thing every step of the way because I have two beautiful boys who are my world.
"But I have to be realistic and face the possibility I might not see them grow up."
Jadés mum Jackiey Buđen escorted her daughter to hospital for the operation. She is expected to visit her today.
Meanwhile Jack, 21, may be allowed to speak to Jade by phone.
Although the couple split up earlier this year he has stuck with her through her health problems - and Jade referred to him as "my rock" in a letter to the judge in his case.
Jade, who lives in Essex, had suffered symptoms of cervical cancer for three years - but her condition went undiagnosed. She was tested for ovarian cancer in 2004 and bowel cancer in 2006 and was given the all-clear.
In 2005 she was rushed to hospital after collapsing with stomach pains. The same thing happened a year later. Tomorrow evening Living TV will air the episode of Jadés fly-on-the-wall show Living With Jade, which was being recorded when she collapsed earlier this summer."

Jade Goody told cancer 'would have killed her in three months'
Reality television star Jade Goody has revealed she was told her cancer would have killed her in three months.

By Chris Irvine
Last Updated: 2:46PM BST 23 Aug 2008
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Jade Goody bids a tearful farewell to her fellow housemates on Indiás Big Brother. The former UK Big Brother contestant was informed that she had cervical cancer during her short stay in the house Photo: Rex Features
The former Big Brother contestant, 27, flew home from India this week after doctors broke the news while she was on Indiás version of the show.
She said: "I asked my consultant what would have happened if Íd stayed for the full three months of BB. I was told, 'Jade, you would have died'."
The mother-of-two will undergo a hysterectomy next week along with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
She revealed in an interview with The Sun she was told by doctors on Thursday a large tumour in her womb may have spread to her blood stream - putting major organs such as her liver and kidneys at risk.
She said: "Íve got no control over this disease and Ím terrified. I am going to fight the damn thing every step of the way because I have two beautiful boys who are my world.
"But I have to be realistic and face the possibility that I might not live to see them grow up.
"I can't face telling my boys because they are so young. They think mummy has a tummy ache."
Jade was told of the news in the diary room of the Indian version of Big Brother - called Big Boss - six days ago.
She has been accused of mounting a cynical publicity stunt after she original travelled to the country to make amends for after she was accused of racially abusing Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in last year's UK celebrity version of the show.
She said: "Ím sitting her desperately trying to come to terms with the fact that I might die, while people are out there accusing me of making my illness up.
"Call me a racist, call me a bigot, a chav, whatever - but don't call me a liar over this."
She ađed: "Ím tortured by the fact people think this is a stunt. Since Big Brother my life has been fashioned by publicity. But no way would I want anyone to be in my shoes now. I have to try and brush that sort of stuff aside and concentrate on living and getting well again."
Jadés Harley Street consultant, Ann Coxon, sad: "This lady is battling to stay alive.
"She has serious second stage cancer and needs surgery as soon as possible. The cancer is in an advanced stage and was diagnosed in the nick of time.


Cancer: Jade Goody devant les caméras
17:24 dim 22 février 2009


Le plus beau jour de sa vie a été sans conteste la naissance de ses deux enfants, de 4 et 5 ans. Et puis, il y eu son mariage, ce dimanche avec Jack Tweed, un homme sous liberté conditionnelle.
Jade Goody a 27 ans et est surtout connue pour sa prestation dans lémission de télé réalité Big Brother. Réaliste face à ce qui lattend, léchec de ses traitements fait évoluer son cancer beaucoup plus rapidement que prévu, elle a décidé dexposer sa fin de vie devant les caméras.
"Je suis devenue célèbre grâce aux caméras, je vais mourir devant elles", explique Jade. Elle souhaite gagner un maximum dargent pour ses enfants. Jade Goody a choisi la chaîne câblée Living TV, pour qúon la filme jour après jour.
Argent, média, mariage
Chacune de ses apparitions est négociée au prix fort: 79 000 euros pour les photos de son mariage par le magazine Ok!, 340 000 euros payés par la chaîne pour la diffusion des images de la cérémonie. Elle sest unie à un repris de justice, exceptionnellement libéré sous conditionnelle afin de passer la nuit avec son épouse.
La Grande-Bretagne en émoi
Cette Britannique émeut. Le premier ministre Gordon Brown a adressé un message de soutien: "Tout le monde est triste de la tragédie qui touche Jade. Tous ceux qui souffrent ou ont souffert du cancer ont mon soutien et je pense que le pays entier va vouloir l'aider d'une manière ou d'une autre".
Les images et photos des derniers instants de Jade Goody rapporteront à ses enfants plus dun million deuros.
Documentaire TV, Jade se bat contre le cancer

C'est l'histoire qui passionne l'Angleterre mais aujourd'hui le monde entier : Jade Goody, 27 ans, une star issue de la télé-réalité, mène un combat contre un cancer incurable. Elle a décidé de le médiatiser pour rassembler le maximum d'argent qui servira à élever ses fils Bobby, 5 ans, et Fređy, 4 ans.
Son agent vient de faire savoir hier qúelle a demandé le baptême avec ses fils qui a eu lieu samedi dans la chapelle du Royal Marsden Hospital à Londres. "Une cérémonie très brève et très émouvante", selon lui.

Jade Goody avait participé en 2002 à l'émission "Big Brother", l'équivalent de "Secret Story".

Les photos de la cérémonie seront publiées dans le magazine Ok!
Mais son agent a confirmé que ce baptême pourrait bien être sa dernière apparition publique - "dans son esprit, elle a dit un dernier adieu à certaines personnes"- et que, hélàs, elle pourrait bien finir sa vie sur son lit de souffrance.

Aujourd'hui, on vient d'apprendre que Jade Goody avait été agressée dimanche soir dans sa chambre d'hôpital. Un homme s'est introduit avec un marteau. Heureusement, elle a pu crier et le personnel a pu intervenir. "Elle a vraiment été marquée par cette nouvelle épreuve alors qúelle est si faible..."

Les dernières nouvelles ne sont toujours pas bonnes . L'état de santé de Jage s'est aggravé. Son cancer du col de l'utérus s'est étendu au foie et aux intestins. Les médecins ne peuvent rien faire pour elle, si ce n'est soulager ses souffrances.


'Pale, yet radiant' Jade Goody is christened in hospital with her sons
Rowan Walker
The Observer, Sunday 8 March 2009
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Terminally-ill reality television star Jade Goody was christened yesterday alongside her two sons in a "very short and emotional service", her publicist said.
Max Clifford said the "very pale and fragile" Goody was in a wheelchair and assisted by nurses during the service with her sons Bobby, five, and Fređy, four, at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London. Her mother, Jackiey Buđen, and husband, Jack Tweed, were there, with other family members and close friends.
Clifford said it was the last event Goody would do publicly. Doctors have told Goody, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008, that she has just weeks to live.
She was christened in her hospital gown with her drip attached. "She finds it very hard to stay awake for more than a few minutes but she stayed awake for the 20 minutes of the service," Clifford said. "It was a very positive atmosphere. After each of the boys were christened everyone clapped and after Jade was christened everyone clapped again." Goodýs sons arrived at and left the hospital with their father, Jeff Brazier.
Goody has sold the picture rights of the christening and her recent weđing to OK! magazine to raise money for her sons.
Clifford ađed: "She was sharp, totally focused and chatting to people. She was as pale as a ghost, yet radiant. She is dying in the way she is living."


Dying Jade Goody Going Blind As Cancer Progresses

TERMINALLY-ill Jade Goody is losing her sight as cancer takes hold, it was reported today.
Jade Goody, 27, can now only see out of one eye as her condition worsens, according to reports.
Goody, who has been told she has only weeks to live, was diagnosed with cervical cancer last August.
Jade is currently being cared for at the Royal Marsden Hospital, in west London.
One of Jadés friends said that the reality TV star hoped to return home to Upshire, Essex.
"She wants to go home and be surrounded by family and friends - not in a hospital bed," the friend said.
"Everyonés concentrating on getting the nurses prepared so that she can face the pain at home."
Jade Goodýs husband Jack Tweed spent the majority of yesterday at her bedside, Mr Clifford said.
Earlier, the star had woken to find a woman leaning over her clutching a hammer at the hospital.
Police were called and arrested the 41-year-old suspect yesterday, but she was eventually released from custody with no further action.

Jade Goody wants a public funeral

Jade Goody has said she would like a public funeral so all her well-wishers can pay their respects.
In an interview with OK! magazine Jade, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, said: "I have had so many kind messages from people over the past few weeks and if people feel like they want to say their goodbyes to me, then I would be happy for them to pay their respects."
Jade also said she was "devastated" she would not be able to watch her two young sons grow up.
"I don't care what they do as long as they have a roof over their heads and keep out of trouble and, most of all, be happy," she said.
The reality star was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August and has been told by doctors that she has weeks to live.
Meanwhile, Jadés best friend and bridesmaid Kate Jackson told Closer magazine that the reality star had been thinking of entering herself as a Mayoral candidate just before she discovered she was ill.
Kate ađed: "She rang me up once and asked me why I had never told her that anyone could run for Mayor of London. I said it had never come up. She said: 'Well then I can!' She actually looked in to it seriously just before she found out she was ill. She would have made a great Mayor!"