The hearse carrying the coffin of comedian Janey Godley will travel on a two-day “final tour” of Edinburgh and Glasgow ahead of her funeral.
Godley, 63, died on November 2 after receiving palliative treatment for terminal cancer.
In a post on social media, her daughter Ashley Storrie said the hearse will travel through Edinburgh, her “beloved festival home”, on Friday before travelling “home to Glasgow”.
The funeral will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in the West End on Saturday.
Godley, who found viral fame with her dubbed parodies of then-Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus news briefings during the pandemic, revealed she had ovarian cancer in November 2021.
Here’s the details of Janey’s final tour, thank you for all the love and kindness in this past week.
Ashley pic.twitter.com/wDGNAVfwS8
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) November 9, 2024
Despite her diagnosis in 2021, Godley returned to touring and was given the all-clear in 2022 – but later that year announced another scan had shown signs of the disease in her abdomen.
However, she said she would continue touring with her Not Dead Yet gigs.
In 2023, she won the inaugural Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
In September, she cancelled her autumn tour after her stage four ovarian cancer returned with what she said were added complications.
Godley died in the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow on November 2.
In the social media post her daughter, Ashley Storrie, said: “Here’s the details of Janey’s final tour, thank you for all the love and kindness in this past week.
“For the past few years of Ma’s life, it was important to her that she shared her journey with everyone, to offer support for others on the same path and to highlight the symptoms of Ovarian Cancer – all of course in her very singular Janey style, with laughter and candour.
“So many of you who have travelled with us on this journey wish to bid her a final farewell, so here’s the details of my mum’s final tour, in the two cities she loved with all her heart.”
The hearse will travel along the Royal Mile and Lawnmarket in Edinburgh – with a “pause for reflection” at St Giles’ Cathedral before travelling along Cockburn Street, Market Street and on to Glasgow.
After the funeral on Saturday, there will be a private service at the crematorium.
Ms Storrie said her mother asked that instead of traditional funeral attire, those who wish to do so should wear bright colours, and that no flowers be sent but that people are invited to contribute to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice or other charities.
Ms Storrie concluded: “Thanks again everyone for all the love and support,” adding it “does help so much”.
Accepting two awards at the Scottish Baftas, Ms Storrie said that Godley was “in the room tonight” and that “she’s in my DNA”.
Ms Storrie added: “She would say ‘well done, I’m very proud’ and then turn around and say ‘that’s my daughter’ and make it all about her.”
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