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Article: JADE: MY CRAZY LIFE; Before Big Brother I could not take my life anymore Thanks to my dad I can spot a drug addict in a crowd Day One in the extraordinary life of reality TV celebrity being killed by cancer.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2009
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Byline: BY BETH NEIL
LONG before she stepped in front of the Big Brother cameras, Jade Goody's life was extraordinary.
The reality TV show brought her fame - and eventually notoriety. It also made her a millionaire and a household name.
But most of all it gave her the love, attention and acceptance she was denied during an appalling childhood.
A jailbird heroin addict father, a neglectful drug-using mother and a poverty-stricken upbringing in South London saw her virtually running the family home from the age of five.
The ...