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Privacy NoticeLoose Women’s Gloria Hunniford has been left mourning once again as her beloved husband Stephen Way passed away this week at the age of 85 following a series of debilitating strokes. The 84-year-old stalwart broadcaster was married to Way for over 25 years, and she shared that the loss of her husband would leave “the most enormous void, not only in my life, but our entire family”. In a statement following his death, his family said: “It is with huge sadness and very heavy hearts that we share the passing of Stephen Way, Gloria’s beloved husband, who lost his battle yesterday afternoon.
Way died aged 85
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“Stephen had been heroically fighting his illness… but always with great tenacity and a positive spirit. He was an incredibly kind, generous, and caring man, with a delightfully quirky sense of humour, which remained till the end.” Sadly, the iconic broadcaster and the first woman in the UK to have her own daily radio show, which she hosted on BBC Radio 2 for 13 years, is no stranger to grief. Gloria tragically lost her daughter to breast cancer in 2004. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Caron was a Blue Peter presenter and was just 41 when she died, leaving behind two little boys. Brave Gloria set up a charitable foundation in her daughter’s name and finished two books that her daughter had begun before her death: an autobiography and a book about her struggle with cancer.
Gloria Hunniford was devastated by the loss of her daughter, Caron
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“Losing a child takes you to the darkest spot you could ever imagine,” Gloria told The Mirror in 2018. “There’s something extra hard about getting pregnant, carrying that baby, giving birth, treasuring that child, and then losing her. You don’t think all your children will end up with PHDs or anything, but you pray to God you’ll live long enough to see them live happy lives. “Never in a million years did I imagine that I would lose one. That’s not supposed to be the order of life.” Gloria has since stayed close to Caron’s kids. She said: “I was lucky enough to see them being born. That was a real privilege – I helped cut the cord. I say to them, ‘Do you know, I have known you since…’ and they finish the sentence with ‘…since the minute I was born’.” Caron Keating’s widower Russ Lindsay remained close to Gloria after her death, but when he re-married, she was not at the wedding.
Keating married Lindsay in 1991 in Tunbridge Wells
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Also in the industry, showbiz manager Russ Lindsay married a former GMTV weathergirl Sally Meen in 2006, two years after his wife passed. Despite saying Russ was like a third son, Gloria decided to stay away amid concerns that it would prove too painful. “Russ and I agreed some time ago that it would be better for him and me for me not to be there,” she said at the time. “It seems like it was only five minutes since him and Caron were married. This way, it will be easier all round.” She apparently gave the pair her blessing despite speculation that she was hurt and she apparently hosted a private dinner with Russ and Sally to celebrate their union. “We had our own family dinner to mark the occasion,” she said. “But this is Russ’s day. It would be difficult for him [if I was there] while they were making speeches.” Russ and Sallyare still married and have had two children of their own since. Gloria’s grandson and Russ’s son Charlie is set to get married in the same church Russ and Caron wed in this year.
Caron had mourned her father
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Caron lost her father in 1997, when Gloria’s ex-husband and father of her children, Don Keating died. At the time, a statement from Hunniford read: “During his career with the BBC, Don Keating was a distinguished TV director and was responsible for programmes like Scene Around Six during some of the most difficult times in Northern Ireland. He was never anything other than a true professional and a gentleman.”Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnGloria HunnifordLoose Women
