BBC star who appeared on Jonathan Ross show dies suddenly from flu

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BBC star Kerry Wilson, who once appeared on a Jonathan Ross show, has tragically passed away from flu at the age of 56. Kerry sadly died on Friday 3 January after being placed into an induced coma from which she never recovered.

She first rose to fame as the inaugural winner of Bob Says Opportunity Knocks in 1987 and later featured on The Jonathan Ross Big Talent Show and Talking Telephone Numbers.The entertainer, hailing from Trentham, also had stints on Who Do You Do?

and Summertime Special. Kerry even dabbled in acting, playing Cheryl Colclough on BBC Radio Stoke's debut soap opera. Her heartbroken mum, who had Kerry when she was just 16, described her as her "best friend". "It was very sudden.

She's never been in the hospital in her life; no major health issues or anything like that.", reports the Mirror. Linda told StokeonTrentLive. "But then this new flu came along.