Kym Marsh’s father David Marsh has sadly passed away.
A spokesperson for the former Coronation Street actress confirmed the heartbreaking news after David sadly died on Thursday (January 11) following a long battle with prostate cancer.
A statement issued on Friday (January 12) read: “It is with immense sadness that we confirm the passing of David Marsh. A much loved husband, dad, grandad, great grandad and friend to many, David passed away peacefully at home yesterday surrounded by his family. We are truly heartbroken and ask for privacy at this incredibly difficult time.”
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Kym, who hosts BBC’s Morning Live, recently shared how doctors had informed her that dad didn’t have much time left, after being diagnosed with cancer almost three years ago. She first shared the upsetting news that her father’s was ill back in 2021 and said he had put off going for a health check-up during the pandemic.
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Kym, 47, explained at the time that the disease had already spread to other parts of her David’s body, inclusing his pelvis and spine. Talking to The Sun, she said: “At this stage doctors are talking about it being incurable, but it is treatable and the hope is that they may be able to extend his life – but by how much nobody really knows and he is in discomfort.”
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Speaking on Morning Live back in November, the Waterloo Road actress offered a further update on her dad’s health, as she revealed he didn’t have long left following the cancer spreading. Kym’s co-host Gethin Jones spoke to her about her father and his latest health update.
Gethin said: “I know you’ve been spending quite a lot of time with your dad recently. We know Dave really well on Morning Live and the reason you’ve been spending time with him is because you’ve had some bad news, haven’t you?” Kim replied: “Yes, Morning Live has been following dad’s cancer diagnosis which was about two-and-a-half years ago I think now and his latest scan results have shown, unfortunately, that there are more cancer deposits further up his spine now.
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“They are doing further scans to see if it’s gone into any more of his bones but unfortunately they can’t offer him chemotherapy. So they advised us to go and spend lots of time with him and make lots of memories. So that’s what we’ve been doing, we went out on Halloween to a lights trail and he’s just been enjoying spending time with his family.”
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