Pop legend Linda Nolan’s beloved stepson has died following his own battle with cancer – just months after the iconic singer lost her life to the same disease.
Lloyd passed away on Tuesday, having been diagnosed with incurable throat cancer nearly two years earlier.
A close family friend said: ‘They were fighting side by side, Linda would finish her treatment and text him to check in. They joked about their meds, shared their side effects, cried together too. Linda really thought he’d outlive her. She needed that belief.’
Heartfelt tributes have already poured in for Lloyd, with the stepson’s cousin saying his ‘brain won’t accept this is true’.
It comes amid a friend’s testimony that Linda would be ‘screaming that this isn’t fair’ if she was still around.
They added: ‘Lloyd wasn’t just Brian’s son, he became Linda’s too. She loved him with all her heart.
‘If Linda were here, she’d be screaming that this isn’t fair. She fought for everyone else, now we’ve lost them both. It’s more than any family should bear. They had a special relationship.’
Lloyd, the son of Linda’s late husband Brian Hudson, was diagnosed with throat cancer in September 2023.
Surgery was ruled out after it emerged the tumour was so large and dangerously close to his vocal cords.
In comes after the Dublin-born singer’s own death was revealed in a statement four months ago released by her agent Dermot McNamara, who said she passed away from double pneumonia amid her cancer battle.
And also in the family, Lloyd’s father Brian Hudson had tragically died of cancer in 2007 – leaving Linda devastated and strengthening her bond with her stepson.
In a statement shared to Facebook, Lloyd’s cousin said: ‘My brain won’t accept this is true.
‘My big cousin….the one that took me to my first ever London warehouse DnB rave, played wild with me …but protected me, could make me belly laugh with crude humour…. I have to hold on to the memories.… some of the best and craziest bastard memories I have ever made that I will take to the grave.
‘…..but right now the devastation is clouding everything. What I wouldn’t give for one more heart to heart round the park, or just a pizza night.’
The bereaved cousin added: ‘My heart is shattered’.
Linda, 65, was tragically told her brain tumours had started growing again despite having been initially cleared in April 2024.
There were devastating parallels with Lloyd’s experience who was informed his cancer had spread to his lungs and was now incurable.