Cliff Notes – Linda Nolan’s stepson Lloyd Hudson dies from throat cancer after fighting side by side
- Lloyd Hudson, stepson of the late Linda Nolan, has died from throat cancer just months after her passing from the disease, highlighting the family’s ongoing battle with cancer.
- Diagnosed in September 2023, Lloyd’s tumour was deemed inoperable due to its size and location, leading to a tragic outcome despite hopes for recovery shared by Linda.
- The Nolan family has publicly navigated multiple cancer diagnoses, with several members affected, including Linda, her sister Bernie, and brother Brian, underscoring the devastating impact of the illness on their lives.
Linda Nolan’s stepson Lloyd Hudson dies from throat cancer after ‘fighting side by side’
Linda Nolan’s stepson has died after being diagnosed with throat cancer (Picture: Getty)
The stepson of the late Linda Nolan has died from cancer just months after his stepmum’s death from the disease, it’s been reported.
The late pop star died aged 65 in January after contracting double pneumonia. She had been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2017 after an initial diagnosis and mastectomy in 2005.
Now, just a handful of months later, it has been reported that her beloved stepson Lloyd – son of her late husband Brian Hudson, who also died after being diagnosed with cancer – has also died from an incurable cancer on Tuesday.
In August 2024, Nolan revealed that her stepson had also been diagnosed in an interview on Good Morning Britain.
She told presenters Kate Garroway and Richard Madeley: ‘We have had a rough time with it, and my stepson Lloyd has just been diagnosed and it’s like ‘go away, leave us alone.’”‘
‘They were fighting side by side, Linda would finish her treatment and text him to check in. They joked about their meds, shared their side effects, cried together too. Linda really thought he’d outlive her. She needed that belief,’ a close friend said per the Sun.
The late singer shared her stepson’s cancer diagnosis on Good Morning Britain (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
The Nolan sister’s late husband Brian Hudson died in 2007 from cancer (Picture: Alistar Macdonald/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Per the publication, Lloyd’s tumour was so large and close to his vocal cords that it ruled out surgery when he was diagnosed in September 2023.
One person saying they are Hudson’s cousins also shared a moving tribute on social media, saying her ‘heart is shattered’.
‘I hope you were welcomed by your Pops and Aunty Lin and you are no longer suffering. The injustice of you being SO insightful recently and having so many years ripped away from you is the part that is destroying me more than anything.
‘I have been sat here crying hoping this was all a really bad nightmare.. but as time goes by the reality is becoming clearer and it’s really swept my legs from under me. I love you forever and always Lloyd. And I will miss you beyond any words I have in my vocabulary,’ she wrote.
She added how cancer has ‘literally ripped my family apart on both sides and every angle for the past 5 months. I’m done with being positive right now.’
Last year, there was hope Hudson’s cancer may have been cleared with afriend saying: ‘Linda was absolutely over the moon. She kept saying “I’ll be the one to go, but he is going to be fine,” she clung to that.’
Per the Mirror, the friend added: ‘He was brave, selfless and dignified. He never wanted pity, he just wanted to beat it. But this disease is cruel.’
Linda died in January after contracting double pneumonia (Picture: Quest Red / At Home With The Nolans)
The Nolan family – who grew to fame in the 70s and 80s as part of the eponymous Anglo-Irish pop group – has shared their public struggle with the deadly disease over the years.
Sister Bernie Nolan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and was told it was incurable in 2012. She died a year later as the family remembered ‘a wonderful wife, adoring mother and loving sister.’
‘She is irreplaceable,’ they added at the time.
Anne Nolan, 74, also had breast cancer in 2000 which returned in 2020 at stage three. After receiving treatment at the same time as Linda, she was given the all clear.
She called the result ‘bittersweet’ at the time.
The family has been open about their time with the disease (Picture: WireImage)
She added to OK!: ‘Normally I’d have been over the moon, but it was so hard to say I was clear of cancer at the time because Linda hadn’t had her results back. But Linda was great. She didn’t make me feel bad. It was definitely bittersweet.’
Then, in 2023, the Loose Women star Coleen Nolan revealed she had skin cancer known as carcinoma, which was found on her shoulder.
She also revealed she was receiving treatment for pre-melanoma.
‘I constantly check myself and if there’s anything I’m scared about I go back and see [her doctor],’ she shared to Kaye Adams on the How to Be 60 podcast given her family’s history with cancer.
‘So, I’m quite vigilant with myself. It’s just a big decision and if I found out I had the [cancer gene] would I have an elected double mastectomy? I always said I absolutely would.’
In March, their brother, Brian Nolan, confirmed he had been diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer just days after Linda’s funeral and initially ‘kept it a secret’ from his family.