Share and Follow
Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has shared the heartbreaking words her son Charlie shared following the tragic death of her beloved husband Mel Coleman.
The former tennis champion shares three grown-up children with her late husband: a son named Charlie, as well as daughters Amber and Lily.
Mel unexpectedly died of colon cancer at the age of 60 back in May, leaving his family devastated.
In an interview with MailOnline, Annabel recalled “going into total freefall” after being told that Mel was going to die.
“I was one of those wailing women in the hospital car park,” she said.
“Poor Mel was the one who’d been told he was going to die, and he was comforting me.
“Three months later, I was picking up a death certificate and our three children were having to process the fact their dad’s name was on there.
“Our son, Charlie, said it was as if a hand had come down from the sky and plucked Mel out, leaving our family with a gaping hole that will never be filled.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Annabel remembered the “cold” doctor who broke the news about Mel’s terminal diagnosis.
“It came from nowhere,” she said. “No one had mentioned cancer. I was saying: ‘What, what?’ ‘I looked at Mel. He was taking it on the chin.
“He said, ‘Do I have a hope at all?’ And this man — I still cannot believe how cold he was — said: ‘No. It will be quick. You will come in here tomorrow and we will take the intestines out and give you a stoma bag, but for the rest of your life — and we aren’t talking very long — you will be in and out of hospital, having chemo. You won’t be able to go in public places, and there will be no normal life.”
This year Annabel is taking part in BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing, which she believes has come at the perfect time.
Describing the show as “joyful”, she has revealed that her late husband was a big fan of her dance partner Johannes Radebe.
Strictly Come Dancing continues this Saturday at 6.35pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Share and Follow
Source: NewsFinale
