British reality television star and mother of two Jade Goody died
in her sleep early Sunday morning, which is Mother's Day in the U.K.
Max Clifford, her publicist and friend, confirmed the news to PEOPLE. "She had been pretty much asleep for the last 24 hours," he says, adding she died "just before 4 o'clock this morning."
Her husband Jack Tweed – who she married in a ceremony filmed by a British TV channel in February – and mother Jackiey Budden were at her bedside, Clifford adds.
Clifford says Budden told him, "My beautiful daughter has gone to sleep, has gone," when they spoke soon afterwards.
He adds, "Jackiey is obviously as you would expect a mom to be at the loss of her daughter. We've all known it was coming but she's devastated."
What a sad ending to a very short life. Rest in peace, Jade.
