Crowds say farewell to Jade Goody
Thousands of mourners said their goodbyes to reality star Jade Goody today. Her funeral, like much of her life, was a media event.
Goody, originally made famous on the UK “Big Brother” show, died of cancer March 22 at age 27, not long after marrying fiance Jack Tweed.
A flower-laden vintage Rolls Royce hearse, followd by photographers and a television helicopter mad eits way from St. John the Baptist Church in Buckhurst Hill, just east of London, where large television screens were installed to relay the service to the public.
Her publicist said Goody wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.
“She will have a big smile on her face when she sees what is going on today,” Clifford told reporters before the burial.
Those gathered to attend the funeral Saturday said Goody – known simply as Jade – was a British everywoman made good.
“She was just a real woman who always put her kids first to the end,” said mother-of-seven Kirsty Brooks, 34, who traveled more than seven hours with her three sisters to witness the funeral.
Goody was carried in a white coffin from the church as mourners applauded.
Clifford said Goody would have been pleased with the attention.
“In life she loved being loved and it is pretty clear that this is the overwhelming feeling today,” Clifford said.
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