The Royle Family star Caroline Aherne has revealed that she is fighting lung cancer. Caroline, who grew up in Wythenshawe, revealed her fight as she backed a £3.4 million pound bid to improve cancer care in Manchester.
The comedian and actor John Thompson has told the Manchester Evening News that his friend Caroline Aherne "will keep laughing" as she battles lung cancer.
Thompson said: “She’s one of my oldest friends. We’ve worked together for years and I just wish her well.
“She’s quite stoic and I’d say to her: ‘Keep your chin up, I’m thinking about you always.’
“She’s got a brilliant sense of humour, as we all know, and that’s one of those things in this situation that will get her through it. I know no matter how poorly she is, she’ll be laughing.”
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