R.I.P. Jade Goody

Jade Goody, British reality-TV died of cervical cancer Sunday at the age of 27. Read more on Jade Goody’s life and death below.

Jade Goody became famous in 2002 after joining reality television show “Big Brother.”

Goody rose to fame being brash and loud becoming something of a celebrity the public loved to hate.

During filming of a celebrity version of “Big Brother,” in the summer of 2008, Goody received a diagnosis of cervical cancer by telephone from a doctor in Britain. The camera captured the moment.

Jade Goody’s progress with her cervical cancer was kept in the public eye. Goody underwent surgery a well as chemotherapy, filming part of her experience.

Goody married  Jack Tweed last month in an elaborate wedding staged at an elegant countryside hotel outside London. The photos were sold for over one million dollars.

“People will say I’m doing this for money,” she said. “And they’re right, I am. But not to buy flash cars or big houses — it’s for my sons’ future if I’m not here. I don’t want my kids to have the same miserable, drug-blighted, poverty-stricken childhood I did.”

Goody’s publicist said last month that the cancer had spread to her liver, bowel and groin.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday that Goody used her fame to help her two young sons and many women she did not know.

“She was a courageous woman both in life and death and the whole country have admired her determination to provide a bright future for her children,” Brown. “She will be remembered fondly by all who knew her and her family can be extremely proud of the work she has done to raise awareness of cervical cancer.”

Though many praised Goody in recent months for the way in which she handled her illness, she was mocked in the press during her stint on “Big Brother” for her weight, her big mouth and her apparent lack of general knowledge. She branded the English region of East Anglia “East Angular,” and asked whether it was abroad.

She didn’t win the show, but she earned millions through television and magazine appearances, an autobiography, a perfume and a series of exercise videos.

Goody was labeled a racist bully for her treatment of another contestant, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, while filming “Celebrity Big Brother.” Goody bad-mouthed Shetty’s cooking of Indian food, mocked her accent and referred to her as “Shilpa Poppadom.” While complaints against the show skyrocketed, so did ratings.

Goody’s treatment of Shetty sparked anger in India and Britain — even becoming the topic of debate during a House of Commons question-and-answer session with then Prime Minister Tony Blair. A major sponsor suspended its advertising deal with “Celebrity Big Brother,” and a chain of perfume shops pulled a Goody-endorsed fragrance, ironically named “Shh…”

After television viewers voted to evict Goody from the show, Goody insisted she wasn’t a racist. “I argue like that with everybody. It wasn’t just because of the color of her skin that I was that aggressive,” she said during an interview on Britain’s GMTV.

After the eviction, the Indian Tourism Office invited Goody to travel to the country. She did, visiting charity projects and later agreeing to appear on an Indian version of the show.

“The people of India have only seen a small part of me and I’d like to show them that there is more to me,” Goody said. “I’m a mother of two, a businesswoman. I can’t be all that bad.”

Goody had a rough childhood in a poor south London neighborhood. Her father was a heroin addict who served jail time for robbery and died in 2005, her mother a former crack addict who lost the use of an arm in a motorcycle accident.

Goody was a dental assistant before her rise to fame.

Jade Goody is survived by Tweed and her two sons Bobby and Freddie, with an ex-boyfriend, television presenter Jeff Brazier. She also is survived by her mother, Jackiey Budden.

Budden told reporters Sunday: “Family and friends would like privacy at last.”

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