STRICTLY Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has revealed her heartache after the sudden death of her close friend, Bex.
The professional dancer, 35, announced the tragic news on Instagram, informing fans Bex had died from a blood clot on the brain.
Alongside photos of the pair together, Amy wrote: “I’ve been a little quiet. On Friday, I got a call from my darling friend Bex’s mum, Anne, to tell me that Bex had a blood clot on her brain.
“I still can’t quite find the words or make sense of it. How something like this can happen to someone so fit, so healthy, so kind… a truly good soul.”
Laying out just how much Bex meant to her, Amy continued: “Bex was the kindest person, always putting others before herself. Even in the end, she was giving, an organ donor helping others right until the very end.
“She had just given birth to her perfect baby boy the day before, completing her beautiful family with her little girl 3 and her true love, Sean.”
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Amy reflected fondly on their ‘giggly’ sleepovers in Blackpool and learning her friend was pregnant while on her own hen do.
She also revealed how Bex kept her calm on her first day of Strictly rehearsals and supported her while she was having chemotherapy for breast cancer.
“So many memories I’ll hold close,” wrote Amy. “Being Blackpool roommates, sleepovers with Anne telling us to get some sleep while we giggled, sharing a room on my hen when I realised you were pregnant and we couldn’t contain the excitement, calming me down before my first day of Strictly rehearsals and you drove to see me and go through everything.
“Making an 8-hour round trip to visit me during chemo and coming to hospital apts, Ben and I doing the beep test and numerous blood count tests for your uni assignment, and looking after us with physio between the rounds that night we won Blackpool.
