British reality TV star Jade Goody died in her sleep early today after a very public fight with cervical cancer. She was 27.

Family members including Goody’s husband, Jack Tweed — whom she married last month in a lavish wedding ceremony — were at her bedside when she died in Essex, east of London, British media reports quoted her publicist as saying.

Goody first rose to fame on the British version of the reality show “Big Brother” in 2002 and was closely followed by British newspapers and gossip magazines. Her story became international when she discovered she was suffering from cervical cancer and recently stroies of her final days had made daily global headlines.

Goody leaves behind two sons, Bobby, 5, and Freddie, 4, who she had with a former boyfriend.

Natasha Richardson, 45, passed away on Wednesday after a tragic skiing accident earlier in the week. She was married to Liam Neeson, with whom she had two children.

Here are a few reactions from the stars.

“It’s so tragic, there’s hardly words to describe,” Christie Brinkley says. “My heart goes out to her family — her two young sons, her husband, her mother. She is so vibrant, so lovely, so talented. To have her life snapped away so tragically like that, it’s unbelievable.”

“She was the same age and she’s a mother,” Vanessa Williams says about Natasha. “It’s devastating. My heart goes out to everyone obviously Vanessa [Redgrave], Liam [Neeson], the children, it’s heartbreaking.”

The celebs were on hand for the red-carpet, Broadway re-opening of West Side Story, and Broadway paid tribute to Richardson — a Tony Award winner — by dimming all of its marquees at 8 p.m. for one minute.

A year after his tragic death, Heath Ledger’s sisters remember and honor their late brother.
In a statement release, ‘The Dark Knight’ stars’ sisters Kate, Ashleigh and Olivia gathered on the lawn overlooking Cottesloe Beach in Perth Australia, and spoke in memory of their brother.

“Today is the anniversary of Heath’s passing,” Kate says. “To us (his family) it seems like merely yesterday and we are still all nursing broken hearts.” Kate also talked about the late actor’s daughter Matilda and her mother, actress Michelle Williams: “We feel truly blessed to have Heath’s beautiful daughter, Matilda and her lovely Mom, Michelle in our lives.” Kate adds that: “Michelle is doing an amazing job with ‘our girl’ and together we will cherish every moment of her steps through life.”

Heath’s sister Ashleigh spoke about her brother’s Oscar nomination for his role in ‘The Dark Knight.’ “Today is also a day for us to celebrate, with the news of Heath’s Oscar Nomination,” she says.

“Although we would love to have him here with us, we are so proud and so excited on his behalf. In Heath’s words, he had ‘the time of his life’, portraying ‘the Joker’ and said it was the most fun he’d ever had making a film.”

The talented actor received a Golden Globe award and a Critics’ Choice award for his performance as “The Joker” and today his sisters also thanked the Motion Picture Academy on their brother’s behalf for his Oscar Nomination.

Edna Parker, who became the world.s oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.

Dr. Stephen Coles of the UCLA reports Parker.s great-nephew had notified him that Parker died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville. She was 115 years, 220 days old, according Robert Young, a senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records.

Parker was born April 20, 1893, in central Indiana.s Morgan County and had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world.s oldest person since the 2007 death in Japan of Yone Minagawa, who was four months her senior.

Barack Obama’s grandmother, who raised him while his mother pursued a career in anthropology, has died at age 86, the Democratic presidential candidate and his half-sister announced.

Just a week-and-a-half ago, Obama suspended his campaign for two days to travel to Hawaii to pay a final visit to the ailing Madelyn Dunham, whom he called “Toot.”

“She has gone home,” Obama, 47, said at a rain-soaked rally Monday on the eve of the election in Charlotte, N.C. “And she died peacefully in her sleep with my sister at her side and so there’s great joy as well as tears. I’m not going to talk about it too often because it’s hard to talk about.”

A statement released by Obama and Maya Soetoro-Ng, 38, said Dunham died after a battle with cancer. “She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility,” they say.