Zoe Ball ȯɽ¤¹¤ës death of her 'dear mama' Julia ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ short À臘¡¿À襤 with pancreatic ´â - days after BBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 DJ told fans her mother had been moved into a hospice
Zoe Ball?has told fans she is 'bereft' ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ the death of her 'dear mama' Julia.?
The BBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd in Áá´ü¤Ë March that her mother had been ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with pancreatic ´â and was ¸ºß 'incredibly ͦ´º¤ËΩ¤Á¸þ¤«¤¦'.
Earlier this week, the 53-year-old told her BBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 listeners Julia had been??transferred to a hospice, as she ¸¥¿ÈŪ¤Ê a Bon Jovi song to paramedics who helped her.?
Just before 5am on Wednesday, the much-loved ÊüÁ÷¼Ô ³ôd the news of her mother's passing on Instagram. In a º·É¤Î°õ, she said: 'Sleep tight dear Mama.
'Thank you for teaching us how to love ̵¾ò·ï¤Ë, to always show courage and empathy. And how, even in the darkest of days, laughter is the greatest of gifts.
Zoe Ball pictured with her mother Julia »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë in 2011
Zoe Ball ȯɽ¤¹¤ëd the death of her 'dear mama' Julia (pictured) in a ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ë on Instagram in the Áá´ü¤Ë hours of Wednesday morning?
In the º·É¤Î°õ ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ëd to Instagram (pictured), Zoe Ball told fans she is 'bereft'?
It continued: 'We are bereft without you but will »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ë so tight to each other. Your grace & your smile that lit up every room you were in, will light the À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës to guide us.'
After ȯɽ¤¹¤ëing her mother's illness last month, Gaby Roslin 'occasionally' stepped in to ¼è¤Ã¤ÆÂå¤ï¤ë her on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show so the pair could spend time together.
Zoe ³ôd the heartbreaking news last week that Julia was ¸ºß transferred into hospice care, telling listeners that things were 'pretty ·ø¤¤ at the moment for the family.'
She said: 'Things are really ·ø¤¤ for my mum at the moment, just sending out Ééôs of love. Love you Mum.'
Taking to social ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß in the Áá´ü¤Ë hours of this morning, Zoe Ball has ³ôd the news of her mother's passing
The presenter, 53, said she and her family were going through '·ø¤¤ times' ¤Þ¤Ã¤¿¤ÀÃæ¤Ë her mother's (pictured) diagnosis but ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëd her for ¸ºß 'ͦ´º¤ËΩ¤Á¸þ¤«¤¦'
Woody also ¸ÀµÚ¡¿´ØÏ¢d his grandmother¡Çs late husband Rick Peckham who died in 2013, as he Äɲ乤ëd: 'I know you¡Çre with Rick now, give him a ÊúÍʤ¹¤ë from me.'
The ÊüÁ÷¼Ô's son Woody Cook, who she ³ô with ex-husband Norman Cook better known as British DJ Fatboy ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ê¡¿¤Û¤Ã¤½¤ê¤·¤¿, also ³ôd a º·É¤Î°õ on Instagram.
'Today I say goodbye to Granny J, thank you for ¸ºß a wonderful woman,' the 23-year-old said, ³ôing a younger picture with his grandmother.
Woody, who appeared on Netflix reality series The Circle in 2019, also ¸ÀµÚ¡¿´ØÏ¢d his grandmother's late husband Rick Peckham.
He said: 'The only person who always sent me a valentines card. I know you're with Rick now, give him a ÊúÍʤ¹¤ë from me.
'I know he said once when you were panicking in a ¥Ø¥ê¥³¥×¥¿¡¼ over the ¥¸¥ã¥ó¥°¥ë 'If you get lost, follow the river!' You'll find him at the end.'
Zoe ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d her mother's pancreatic ´â diagnosis on March 6, as she told fans on social ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß she would?be taking time away from her BBC show to ¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ë on her family, who were going through '·ø¤¤ times' - but Äɲ乤ëd her mother was ¸ºß ¶Ëü¤Ë 'ͦ´º¤ËΩ¤Á¸þ¤«¤¦'.
¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º her mother's diagnosis, Zoe remained ¹ÎÄêŪ¤Ê as she told fans at the time she is 'in awe' of the nurses and doctors in ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â of her care.?
ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ëing a picture of Julia surrounded by family last month, ƱÍÍ¤Ë as a second of her receiving chemotherapy in hospital, she wrote:?'Heartbreakingly our beautiful Mama Julia has been ¿ÇÃǤ¹¤ëd with ´â.
'As many of you know from experience, these are ¶Ëü¤Ë ·ø¤¤ times. Mum is ¸ºß incredibly ͦ´º¤ËΩ¤Á¸þ¤«¤¦.
'My brother Jamie & I are ´°Á´¤Ë in awe of the brilliant Doctors, Nurses & support teams looking after Mum. Thank you.
'´¶¼Õ to our families & our ±äŤ¹¤ëd family & friends at home & at work for their support at this time.
'Sending out love to people reading this who are À臘¡¿À襤ing ´â, or ¤òÂÔ¤Äing diagnosis & also to the folk looking after their dear ones who are ÉϤ·¤¯.'?
Zoe and Julia Ball pictured at the ¼óÁê after party for Sex and the City 2 »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë in 2010
Fatboy ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ê¡¿¤Û¤Ã¤½¤ê¤·¤¿ °ÊÁ° told how Zoe Ball would 'check him' as he rose to fame to ³Î¼Â¤Ë¤¹¤ë he °·¤¦¡¿¼£ÎŤ¹¤ëd people with º·É¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¦ÅÀ?
Taking to social ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß last month, Zoe ³ôd a photo of her mother surrounded by family members
Picture shows Julia »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing her daughter Zoe when she was little
The family has been bedecked by hardship for £±£°Ç¯´Ös, with Ms Ball's parents Julia and Johnny Ball, a former TV presenter, splitting up in 1972 after just three years of marriage.
Mr Ball remarried his second wife, Dianne Cheryl, in 1976, with the pair remaining together today.
As Zoe's own career took off, she and her husband Fatboy ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ê¡¿¤Û¤Ã¤½¤ê¤·¤¿ supported one another on their rise to fame, with ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ê¡¿¤Û¤Ã¤½¤ê¤·¤¿ later ½Ò¤Ù¤ëing how she kept him É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë to earth by 'checking him' for his behaviour.?
He told the Changes podcast at the time:?'While you've got licence to break »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës, you've always got a lot of people who'll let you get away with »¦¿Í.
'Zoe was really good for me for that, because she knew the fame game and we would sort of check each other.
'If I wasn't respectful to people, she'd go: 'Oi, come on, that's not how we behave! Go »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë and thank them for that'.'
But sadly their marriage ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à to an end in 2016, with the couple ȯɽ¤¹¤ëing they had 'come to the end of their rainbow'.
Although Zoe soon ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë love again in partner Billy Yates, their ´Ø·¸ was also not »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë to last.
After a long À臘¡¿À襤 with ÉԷʵ¤, Mr Yates, 40, killed himself in May 2017 at his home in Putney, London.
The ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 presenter °ÊÁ° told how she felt 'really ´¶¼Õ¤¹¤ë' he had said goodbye to her the last time she saw him.
Fighting »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë ÎÞ¡¿¤Û¤³¤í¤Ós as she spoke about their final moments together, she said: 'He got on his bike and he cycled off and he turned °ìÏ¢¤Î²ñµÄ¡¢¸ò¾Ä¡¿´°À®¤¹¤ë and he blew me a kiss goodbye, and that was the last time I saw him.'??
She Äɲ乤ëd: 'It was just that moment and that feeling of ''Oh my god I love him so much, we'll find some help and it will all be okay.''
'And I wish I'd told him that.'
A year after his death, Zoe took part in a gruelling Sport µßºÑ challenge to cycle 350 miles in five days in his memory and to raise ǧ¼±¡¿°Õ¼±À of mental health ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ës.
Zoe Ball pictured with former partner Billy Yates, who killed himself in May 2017
Zoe Ball wore a T-shirt ÂѤ¨¤ëing Billy Yates' »Ø̾¤¹¤ë as she returned to work at ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ his death
She has ½ª»Ï°ì´Ó¤·¤Æ ¼¨¤¹d his death each year and returned to work at ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ his death wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with his »Ø̾¤¹¤ë.
¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º her loss, the presenter ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë the courage to love again when she began dating former construction ϫƯ¼Ô Michael Reed.
But while friends said he was a 'true gent' at first, their ´Ø·¸ broke É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë after more than five years in May 2023 after Mr Reed ¶²¤é¤¯ became 'a bit ¼ûÍס¦Í׵᤹¤ëing'.
The couple had ÊóÆ»¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð been arguing about very minor ÌÌs of their life, such as Zoe spending time on her phone talking to friends.
The presenter soon asked Mr Reed to move out of her home, although the two are said to remain on good ¾ò·ï.??
In a 2021 interview, Zoe ¼¨¤¹d the ¼þǯµÇ°Æü of her stepfather Rick's death, ³ôing that he passed away in 2012 after À臘¡¿À襤ing ¥â¡¼¥¿¡¼ neurone ɵ¤.
Zoe's parents Julia and Johnny Ball, a former TV presenter, ʬÎö¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë up in 1972 after just three years of marriage.
Johnny remarried his second wife, Dianne Cheryl, in 1976, with the pair remaining together today, while Julia remarried Rick.
Speaking on her BBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 Breakfast Show »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë in 2021, the À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë discussed the ¡ÊÁªµó¤Ê¤É¤Î¡Ë±¿Æ°¤ò¤¹¤ëing of former rugby À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ë Doddie Weir, who was raising ´ð¶âs to find a cure for the ɵ¤.?
She said: 'Hopefully one day we will find a cure. It's a real special day in my family today.
'We lost our stepdad Rick to ¥â¡¼¥¿¡¼ Neurone ɵ¤ on this day, ¤ä¤á¤ë a few years »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë now. We think about him every day, so ÌÀÇò¤Ë this is something pretty ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë to my heart.'?
In previous years, Zoe opened up on her struggles with alcohol and wild partying, having become the poster girl for ladette culture.
The mother-of-two said it took her several »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ës to ¼è¤êÁȤà her alcohol problem that ¡Ä¤òȼ¤Ã¤Æd her career from children's television presenter to the first ½÷À¡Ê¤Î¡Ë host of ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 1's Breakfast Show.
In 2021, Zoe ¼¨¤¹d the ¼þǯµÇ°Æü of her stepfather Rick's death, ³ôing that he passed away in 2012 after À臘¡¿À襤ing ¥â¡¼¥¿¡¼ neurone ɵ¤ (Rick is pictured marrying Zoe's mother)
In previous years, Zoe has ¾ÜºÙ¡Ê¤Ë½Ò¤Ù¤ë¡Ëd her struggles with alcohol and wild partying, having become the poster girl for ladette culture
She said it took her several »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ës to ¼è¤êÁȤà her alcohol problem. Picture shows Zoe taking a drink at a ˸¤²¤ë¡¿Ë¡ÄÊÛ¸î»Î¶È ³«»Ï in 1998
Explaining how she finally dealt with her problem drinking, Zoe says: 'I was lucky enough to go to rehab ¸½¼Â¤Ë and through ²ñ¹ç other people who had ÃæÆÇs ƱÍͤË'
She said °ÊÁ°: 'You'll find that you'll ¤ò¼è¤ê°ú¤¤¹¤ë it a little bit but then you slip »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë into old ways, It took me a couple of »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ës to sort that out.'
Explaining how she finally dealt with her problem drinking, Zoe said: 'I was lucky enough to go to rehab ¸½¼Â¤Ë and through ²ñ¹ç other people who had ÃæÆÇs ƱÍͤË.'
Her ɾȽ as a party girl Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëd after her 1999 marriage to superstar DJ Fatboy ¤ï¤º¤«¤Ê¡¿¤Û¤Ã¤½¤ê¤·¤¿, when she often ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë herself ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç other ½÷À¡Ê¤Î¡Ë À±¡¿¼çÌò¤Ë¤¹¤ës known for their booze-fuelled antics.
'It's weird, because you do this ¿¦¶È and you are talking and are gregarious and all these things but I am ¸½¼Â¤Ë ¤ä¤á¤ë shy. But you could walk into the room if you'd had a drink.'
After her mother's ´â diagnosis, Zoe was inundated with messages of support from fans.?
She °Â¿´¤µ¤»¤ëd them that while she would be in her usual ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 2 slot as much as possible, she would 'occasionally need to be home with my Mama.'?
Gaby Roslin has filled in for the ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë presenter on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show from 6.30am to 9.30am while the BBC icon cared for her late mother.
For confidential support, call the Samaritans on 116 123, visit samaritans.org or visit www.thecalmzone.ÂáÊ᤹¤ë/get-support?
