Big Brother 's Makosi Musambasi was deported from the UK and battled cancer after starring in the show. Makosi, 39, appeared in the 2005 series of the programme and famously got intimate with fellow housemate Anthony Hutton in the hot tub.
She ended up coming third in the competition, but life got tough for the star after BB ended. The former nurse, who hails from Zimbabwe, had been living in the UK on a visa which allowed her to stay as long as she worked for the NHS.
She was granted a sabbatical, but it was withdrawn when her former bosses at the NHS found out she was using her career break to appear on Big Brother.
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