“Profound sadness”: A former pop star and well-known TV personality has sadly passed away after a lengthy health battle.
Linda was a household name from the time she was 15 thanks to The Nolans, whose biggest hit was 1979’s I’m In The Mood For Dancing.
The sisters were a mainstay of Saturday night television in the ‘70s, showing off matching gowns and cutesy dance moves on a series of British TV shows.
But aged 24 Linda quit the group, posed for The Sun’s raunchy Page 3 and declared: “I wanted to go out on my own – and away from being Mary Poppins.”
That led to the first, but not the last, feud among the sisters, and their highs and lows became another mainstay of British entertainment.
Linda always seemed to be the most headline-prone of the Nolans, including a brush with bankruptcy, her husband’s conviction for thieving £20 (A$39) on Blackpool’s South Pier, an accusation of benefit fraud, and being widowed aged 48.
