Linda Nolan's brother reveals cancer diagnosis just weeks after her death – as he becomes 5th sibling hit by disease

03/22/2025 04:15 AM

LINDA Nolan’s brother has shared his devastating cancer diagnosis just weeks after her death, becoming the 5th sibling to be hit by the disease.

Brian Nolan had just planned a memorial for his sister who died in January after her 20-year battle with council before receiving the news.

Tragically Brian was then diagnosed with cancer himself three days later.

"I just want cancer to leave us alone," says Brian, the fifth of the eight Nolan siblings.

He added: "You're never ready for somebody to say: 'Yes, you've got cancer'. It's like being hit by a train. You start plunging into the abyss of: 'I'm going to die'.

Brian said the urologist assured him that they were going to cure this cancers and he said he hopes he can have the courage his sisters had.

The Nolan family is heartbreakingly no stranger to cancer, losing Bernie to breast cancer in 2013 aged 52, before Linda, 65, earlier this year. 

Anne, 74, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000 and Coleen, 60, learned she had skin cancer in 2023.