In 2014, Linda’s monetary issues returned when she was investigated by Blackpool council and the Division for Work and Pensions for claiming advantages to the tune of £12,000 whereas working.

“I assumed I would caught to the principles religiously, however among the issues they regarded as ‘work’ simply hadn’t occurred to me. I assumed working meant doing a stage present, not fast tv interviews,” she advised The Telegraph.

She got here up with a compensation plan and finally was issued with a warning.

That very same 12 months, Linda went into the Superstar Large Brother home (reportedly as a result of she wanted the cash), an expertise that led to her telling torrid tales about her intercourse life and coming to verbal blows with Davidson.

The 2 had been enemies for the reason that 90s, when Brian had been caught stealing cash, exterior from Davidson’s good friend and fellow comic Frank Carson.

As sister Coleen turned a panellist on ITV’s Free Girls, Linda additionally turned a daily visitor.

And it was on that present in 2017 {that a} tearful Coleen advised viewers her sister’s most cancers had returned, and this time was terminal.

Linda had resumed her stage work however then, with the second prognosis, she stopped. In March 2023, she confirmed that the most cancers had unfold to her mind.

However as she made clear in her autobiography From My Coronary heart – launched in 2018 – she refused to spend the time she had left to stay “continuously stressing about most cancers”.

She added: “I’ve chosen to benefit from the little issues. I’ve chosen to snigger. And I’ve chosen to look again on my life and thank God for it.”