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Stacey Heale opens up about her husband dying of bowel cancer at age 44 - and says telling her young children their father was going to die 'toughest day of her life'

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A widow has revealed that telling her two daughters their father was 'going to die' were the 'toughest days of my life'.

Stacey Heale,, 44, from Southampton, appeared on ITV's Lorraine this morning with host Ranvir Singh to discuss her new book, Now is Not the Time for Flowers: What No One Tells You About Life, Love and Loss.

Stacey, a fashion writer, lost her husband, indie band Delays frontman Greg Gilbert, to incurable bowel cancer in 2021 - he was just 44. He left behind daughters Dali, nine and Bay, seven.