Stone Roses star Mani’s wife has died aged 52 following a battle with bowel cancer.
Imelda Mounfield has been described as ‘brave” after she passed away on Saturday (November 19). The heartbreaking news with announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, by Happy Mondays member Rowetta in a message which read: “”So beautiful, so brave, so loved. We’re all going to miss you Imelda Mounfield,” she wrote.
All my thoughts and love to Mani and your beautiful, precious boys and love to all Imelda’s family and friends.” Last year, Imelda told ITV that her cancer diagnosis came as a shock to her family because she “wasn’t poorly”.
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Mani’s band member Ian Brown paid tribute to Imelda online, writing: “”Rip @imeldamounfield GOD BLESS MANI and his boys X”. Events agent Imelda was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in November 2020.
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Since her diagnosis, Imelda and Mani have hosted a number of charity events in a bid to raise funds for The Christie Hospital, The Stockport Charitable Trust and Maggie’s. She has spoken previously about how the charities had supported her throughout her own battle with cancer. She said: “Cancer affects not just the person who has it, but everyone around them, and I hope that by investing in some more research, we can help alleviate some of the devastation caused to families.”
Before the couple’s latest auction, she said Maggie’s had “supported us from the start”, with counselling sessions and resources to help explain to their kids the severity of cancer and its effects on the family. It’s a continuing battle for me, and I’ll be using their services more in the future,” she added. The news of Imelda’s death comes less than a month after Stone Roses’ bassist, Pete Garner, died aged 61. It’s believed he also passed away after a battle with cancer.
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The star was in the original line-up of the band when they formed in 1983. The hugely-talented musician featured on the band’s debut AA-side single So Young as well as Tell Me two years after they got together. He also played on the hit son Sally Cinnamon, which was released back in 1987.
Just one month after the release of their second single, the musician left the band in the summer of 1987. At the time, Louder Than War claims that Garner left the band because he “believed he wasn’t good enough for them” and went on to work at music store HMV.
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