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Friends and family gather for Lynda Bellingham funeral

Friends and family have gathered for the funeral of actress and TV presenter Lynda Bellingham, who died from cancer last month.

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Husband had 'prayed' Bellingham would see Christmas

Michael Pattemore with wife Lynda Bellingham after she received an OBE earlier this year. Credit: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Lynda Bellingham's husband recently said he hoped to spend one final Christmas with his wife after her decision to end chemotherapy treatment.

In an interview with Yours magazine, Michael Pattemore had said: "I just don't know what the next few weeks will bring or how I'm going to cope."

The only thing that's giving me comfort is that Lynda is very much at peace with everything; we've managed to sort everything out. I just pray to God she gets to see Christmas Day again. It's what she wants.

– Michael Pattemore, Yours magazine

Pattemore, who married Bellingham in 2008, added: "Unfortunately it doesn't matter how positive I am on this one, the Good Lord is going to take her. End of.

"It's scary and it's going to create the biggest hole in my life."

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