Zoe Ball has revealed her parent has died pursuing a heartbreaking cancer diagnoses arsenic she paid tribute to her 'dear mama'.
It comes conscionable days aft Zoe, 53, revealed parent Julia had been moved into a hospice following a pancreatic crab diagnosis past month.
Zoe had returned to enactment connected her BBC Radio 2 amusement connected Wednesday past week - erstwhile she dedicated a Bon Jovi opus to the paramedics helping her mother.
She announced her mother's passing connected societal media conscionable earlier 5am this morning.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, astatine 4.44am, she said: 'Sleep choky beloved Mama.
'Thank you for teaching america however to emotion unconditionally, to ever amusement courageousness and empathy. And how, adjacent successful the darkest of days, laughter is the top of gifts.
'We are bereft without you but volition clasp truthful choky to each other.'