Former Page 3 star Angela Jay dies at the age of 71 with her husband by her side after a short battle with cancer
Former Page 3 star Angela Jay has died at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer.
The model, who was mainstay of the inside pages in the 1980s, passed away with her husband Ken by her side after a short battle with the disease.
Sharing the news of her passing on Sunday, Ken said Angela died while in hospital in Eastbourne in east Sussex.
Describing her 'as the perfect girl next door,' Ken told The Sun that Angela was 'a miner's daughter from the northern pits who dared to dream.'
Born in Sunderland, Angela was spotted by a modelling agency after moving to Manchester.
Former Page 3 star Angela Jay has died at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer
The model, who was mainstay of the inside pages in the 1980s, passed away with her husband Ken by her side after a short battle with the disease
He said: 'She realised that she couldn't stay there and become the wife of a miner.
'Straight away she was such a natural. So fresh-faced.
'A lot of the models spend two hours getting ready - Angela was just ready to go.'
Describing the first time he saw Angela, Ken said she 'had a pair of jeans and a scruffy T-shirt on and looked just as beautiful as anyone.'
It comes after former Page 3 star Samantha Fox was charged over a 'drunken bust up' on a British Airways flight from Heathrow to Munich in March.
She will face accusations of being drunk onboard an aircraft and using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress in court later this month.
It comes after she was arrested and spent a night in a police cell near Heathrow after allegedly rowing with another passenger on December 3.
The plane was ready to take-off but was turned around at the last minute, with passengers forced off the plane due to Munich Airport's strict 10pm closing time, according to The Sun.
Describing her 'as the perfect girl next door,' Ken saud that Angela was 'a miner's daughter from the northern pits who dared to dream.
The other passengers had to be put up in a hotel and fly to Germany the next day.
Sam rose to fame after appearing as a Page 3 model for The Sun newspaper from 1983 to 1986, becoming one of the most photographed women of the 80s.
At the height of her glamour model fame, her 34D assets assets were insured for an eye-popping £1million on the advice of her agent.
