Scottish comedian Janey Godley dies aged 63
nme.comThe love and support from all her friends and fans during this cancer journey brought her enormous joy. It has also been a huge comfort to us, her family and close friends, thank you.
pic.twitter.com/r6cpoGjuR4— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) November 2, 2024She finished her video by saying “Bye Ma”, adding: “Frank, get the door” – a reference to a line in the comedian’s infamous parodies of Nicola Sturgeon.Godley went viral in 2016 when she was pictured holding a placard that read “Donald Trump is a c*nt” at a protest against the former President on his visit to Scotland and went on to find new fans after doing voiceovers of Sturgeon’s Covid briefings.
She later became friends with the former first minister, who has led tributes to the comic today.“Janey Godley truly was a force of nature, and one of the funniest people I have ever known.
I was able to visit her in the hospice a couple of weeks ago and though she was fragile, she still had me in stitches,” wrote Sturgeon.“A bond was forged between us in the darkest days of Covid when her famous voiceovers of my daily briefings went viral.
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