Comedian Janey Godley is in the "final beats of her life", according to her daughter. In a heartfelt post on the 63 year old’s X account, BBC Radio Scotland presenter Ashley Storrie revealed that her mother had been awarded an honorary degree from the University Of Glasgow, which she said had "brought her so much joy" in her final days.
Despite announcing that she was receiving end-of-life care after her terminal cancer spread, Janey has been tweeting regularly but appears to have not tweeted for five days before her daughter’s post.The post read: "Thank you @UofGlasgow for bestowing upon my mum the honorary degree of doctor of the University of Glasgow." "This has brought her so much joy in the final beats of her life.
Janey is so honoured and I am so immensely proud of her. Congratulations doctor Godley." The Scottish comedian, who found fame with her dubbed parodies of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus news briefings during the pandemic, revealed she had ovarian cancer in November 2021, but was given the all-clear in 2022 after a scan showed "no evidence of disease".
However, she later announced that another scan had shown signs of the disease in her abdomen but added that she would continue touring.
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