Jackiey: 'I considered helping Jade die'

By Ruth Doherty on Wednesday 22 April 2009

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Jade Goody, celebrity news, Marie Claire

Tragic Jade Goody asked her mum to smother her with a pillow in the final days of her battle against cervical cancer – and Jackiey Budden says she considered it.

Grieving Jackiey told how Jade begged her to help end her excruciating pain, by smothering her with a pillow in the countdown to her death.

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Jackiey admitted she seriously considered it – but knew that Jade's new husband, Jack Tweed, would have disapproved.

The 50-year-old told OK! magazine: 'She did [ask me to help her die]. I thought, "I don't want to have to put a pillow over her head and suffocate her without anyone knowing."

'If she was on a machine, we'd have to turn it off, but when you've got cancer you don't have a machine.

'She wanted me to put a pillow over head. I really didn't want to see her go that way.'

Jackiey was by her daughter's side, along with Jack and close friend Kevin Adams, when Jade died peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Mother's Day.

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Is this family finally going to do us a favour and just go away.
Why can't they end this circus. Who cares what Jackie was going to do, she needs to stop milking it. I have a fear though it's not over yet, there is money still to be made for them. They will keep going until they realize it's not news anymore.
Comment by anna on April 22 14:21

I completely agree it is getting completely out of hand! There are still thousands of women dying from cancer , they are the ones who need help and support.
Comment by lara on April 23 02:09

I totally agree with the comments made by Anna and Lara. Please, please give it a rest now. Its time we concentrated on the living!!
Comment by Katelynn on April 23 09:25