Gemma Collins says her mother Joan has died at age 70

Gemma Collins says her mother, Joan, has died at the age of 70. In posts reported by outlets including the Daily Mail and Mail Online, Collins states that Joan passed away “peacefully” and was “surrounded by love.” The reports add that Joan had been rushed to hospital about a month earlier with pneumonia. Aside from Collins’s remarks about the circumstances of her mother’s death, the available reporting does not provide further medical detail. No information about funeral arrangements or survivors beyond Collins is included in the provided summaries. The accounts are based on Collins’s own statements as published by the outlets, which convey her description of Joan’s final moments and the broader context of her recent hospitalization for pneumonia.