Carol Barnes has died.

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Just flashed up on my BBC news alerts, but nothing further to be found at the moment. Very sad - she's the same age as my Mum.

yes, that is terribly sad - have been following the story

I loved the short feather cut she had in the early 90's - v v trendy and suited her

Oh no!!

Of a broken heart I am sure.

Tears here.

I read about her collapsing in the week and it was suspected a stroke. DH just said he knew she had cancer when I told him.

yes, broken heart was what I thought...

Very sad- She always appeared such a lovely lady, I agree about broken heart, how anyone would ever get over such a tragic death of their child is beyond me. Very very sad.

RIP

oh god how horrible.

and slightly inappropriate to talk about her short feather hair cut in the early 90s?

Very sad

very sad she was a caring person helping her old colleague ed mitchell. Though a childs death is sad and affects your life in all ways.

how sad such a shame

I obviously missed that - what happened to her child? How awful.

"Barnes and former government minister Denis MacShane had a daughter called Clare, who died at 24 as the result of a skydiving accident in Australia in 2004." BBC News

How sad Always thought she seemed a lovely lady.

i hope she is at peace now, i don;t think she ever recovered from the tragic death of her daughter.

Poor lady.

Poor woman.

blimey, poor woman she was still young

She was in a different league compared to some of today's women newsreaders.

How very sad

She was Mercy, the news was the story, not her. She was a great interviewer and always seemed to have enormous empathy with who ever she was interviewing.

She had probably forgotten more than Natasha Plink Plonk and her ilk will ever retain.

RIP.

very sad - always seemed v genuine and kind.

very sad.
that was quick.
blessing perhaps, she had a stroke?

very sad

Very sad