Kay Purcell has died weeks after being diagnosed with incurable liver cancer. The Emmerdale and Tracey Beaker star's tragic death was confirmed by her agent.
Kay is survived by her three children, Ashley, Shemar and Indika, and her "beautiful" grandson Levon. In a post on her public Facebook page, Kay told fans on December 5 - the day before her birthday - that she had been diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer after previously battling breast cancer.
She wrote that she hoped to survive for two more years with treatment. "Over the last couple of months, I have been feeling unwell, I had put this down to my stomach ulcer," she wrote. "This was up until a couple of weeks ago I found myself in agony and could no longer deal with the pain.
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