The Nolans went from playing social clubs in the town as Blackpool's answer to the Von Trapp family to eventually performing with Frank Sinatra in Vegas - their mum had a massive photo of "Ol' Blue Eyes" with the girls over her mantlepiece in their modest home in Waterloo Road.

Linda had fallen ill over Christmas but her family said she was 'much brighter' at the start of this year. On Saturday, she was admitted to the hospital with breathing problems. She died on Wednesday surrounded by her family. Doctors say she had double pneumonia.

Linda Nolan's sister Maureen has revealed the singer and actress' cause of death. Maureen says it was pneumonia, not cancer that claimed her sister's life at age 65, proving to be a "battle too much" for Linda's immune system,

Linda Nolan died in hospital in Blackpool surrounded by family, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, given the all-clear in 2011, but in 2017 was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. In 2020,

Beloved Irish singer Linda Nolan has died. She was 65 years old. As a member of the pop group The Nolan Sisters, Linda—alongside her sisters Coleen, Maureen, Bernie, Anne and Denise—found fame in the '70s and '80s with such hit songs as "Gotta Pull Myself Together,