CBBC star Chelsie Whibley has died aged 30.
The actress' husband Glyn has issued a touching tribute to her as she died after being rushed to hospital in Southampton on Saturday, April 2. In it he explained that she had taken a 'turn for the worse'.
The TV personality who was best known for starring in Dani’s House and Sadie J succumbed to a long battle with cystic fibrosis. The disease is an incurable and life-limiting genetic condition that affects almost 11,000 people in the UK. People afflicted by the condition experience a build-up of thick sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive system and other organs.
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Her husband announced the sad news as he took to social media. He wrote: "This morning Chelsie took a rapid turn for the worse and became unresponsive. It is with deepest regret that I have to inform everyone that our dearest beautiful Chelsie sadly passed away this afternoon at 2.45pm."
He added: "It was very quick and she was not in any pain. I know you will all want to send your condolences but we ask to please limit it to comments below in this very distressing time."
Glyn later posted a heartfelt tribute to his wife on social media. He said the situation feels like a “terrible dream”. He wrote: “I cannot put into words the heartbreak I am now feeling without you here. Waking up without you by my side just feels so wrong and I’m waiting to realise that this is all just a terrible dream… but sadly I know it is not.”
He added: “From the first time we met I knew that this day would come but I knew you were the one I wanted to spend my life with… and it has been an incredible life… one that I would not change for anything in the world.”
He praised his wife for being an “inspiration to me and so many others, with such vigour and determination to prove the doctors wrong and keep living on”. Chelsie was told by doctors she would not survive past the age of 16, but defied the prognosis by 14 years.
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