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Zoe Ball pays tribute to her late mother as she marks first birthday since her death and reveals it's been 'harder than I could ever have imagined'


The BBC Radio 2 host, 53, announced that her mother Julia, 74, had passed away  in April following a cancer diagnosis and said at the time she was bereft.

Zoe Ball announced the death of her 'dear mama' Julia (pictured) in a post on Instagram earlier this year after revealing her long battle with cancer Zoe' Instagram post on Friday has been met with an outpouring of support and stars including Loose Women' Ruth Langdsford who wrote: 'Sending you love and a huge hug. The radio host took to Instagram with the post just a week after confirming the tragic death of her mother Julia Peckham from pancreatic cancer aged 79 (Zoe and Billy pictured together)

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