The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins has announced the death of her mother Joan, saying: \u201cYou will be loved forever, missed every single day, and never, ever forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collins, 45, said her \u201cheart is shattered into a million pieces\u201d by the loss of her \u201cbeautiful mum\u201d, who had been suffering from pneumonia.<\/p>\n
Sharing a black and white photo of her mother smiling for the camera, she wrote on Instagram: \u201cToday our beautiful mum passed away peacefully surrounded by LOVE.<\/p>\n
\u201cMum, Today, every piece of my heart left with you.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo words will ever be enough to thank you for loving me, guiding me, and being my mum. You gave me life, you gave me strength, and you gave me memories that I will carry for every day I have left.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house will never sound the same without you. Your voice, your smile, your little ways, they are woven into every corner of my life. I will miss you more than I could ever put into words.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope you are finally free from pain. I hope you can walk again, laugh again, and feel light. I hope you are surrounded by peace and by everyone who has gone before you, watching over us with love.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for every hug, every sacrifice, every lesson, and every moment. Thank you for being my mum. It has been the greatest privilege to be your daughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil we meet again, I will carry your love with me. I will look for you in the sunrise, in the flowers, in the birds singing, and in the quiet moments when I need you most.<\/p>\n
\u201cSleep peacefully, my beautiful Mum what gives me comfort was today we was all with you.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou will be loved forever, missed every single day, and never, ever forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joan made several appearances on The Only Way Is Essex over the years.<\/p>\n
Last month she was taken to hospital after coming down with pneumonia for the second time in the space of six months.<\/p>\n
Her mother and father Alan celebrated their 50th anniversary earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Paying tribute on their anniversary in March, Collins wrote: \u201cTHE BEST PARENTS I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED FOR.<\/p>\n
\u201cHappy 50th Anniversary. Your love story is the foundation of our family and the example we all look up to.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough every season of life, you\u2019ve shown what true love, commitment, and partnership really mean.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so proud and grateful to call you our parents. EVERYONE who meets you both are captivated by what you both have.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour a great example to what love is and what everyone deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collins shot to fame as a Towie\u00a0mainstay between 2011 and 2015.<\/p>\n
She went on to become a fan favourite due to her flamboyant personality and has since become a regular on television on shows including \u00a0I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out Of Here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins has announced the death of her mother Joan, saying: \u201cYou…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-576316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}