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Martine McCutcheon admits she went into 'complete denial' as she received life-changing diagnosis after the death of her brother - a year before shock split from husband
The actress and singer, 48, received the diagnosis after the death of her brother LJ, Laurence John, who passed away from an unknown cause at the age of 31.
Speaking on the new podcast A Gentle Star: The Showercast on Wednesday, Martine said she was in 'complete denial' at the time of her diagnosis, as she grieved for LJ and was also living with ME (chronic fatigue syndrome). She said the website designer had been due to get married to his fiancé Jay Eaton, 49, in a month's time and Martine, who was going to be bridesmaid, had seen her brother just a few days before he had died. She wrote: 'My heart is forever broken, My baby brother, my gentle giant, sadly passed away, suddenly, 2 weeks ago.
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