LONDON, England (CNN) -- British reality TV celebrity Jade Goody died early Sunday morning following a public battle with cervical cancer, her publicist has announced. Jade Goody married her fiance Jack Tweed weeks before her death. Goody, 27, died in her sleep at home in Essex, east of London, just before 4 a.m. (midnight Eastern Daylight Time), a spokeswoman for Max Clifford Associates said. Goody's husband, Jack Tweed, who she married last month in a lavish wedding ceremony, was at her bedside when she died, Clifford said. Her mother, Jackiey Budden, who was also at the house, said: "My beautiful daughter is at peace."
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Jade Goody dies aged 27 after losing her battle with cervical cancer
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British PM Gordon Brown says he is "deeply saddened" by Goody's death
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British "Big Brother" star fast-tracked plans to get married after cancer spread
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Goody said she needed to keep selling her story to raise money for her boys
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