Sam Fox was devastated after her younger sister, Vanessa, died at the age of 50 on Saturday.
The mother of four children died nine days after collapsing at home following a heart attack, reports Sun.
The 56-year-old former Page Three model visited her sister every day in the hospital before she sadly passed away leaving her ‘out of it’, it goes without saying.
Vanessa was rushed from her north London home to St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the city, where she was left in a coma before dying a week later.
A representative for Sam said: ‘Sam would like to thank the wonderful doctors and nurses for their care and support.
Tragic: Sam Fox left devastated after her younger sister Vanessa died aged 50 on Saturday (pictured together)
Tough: The 56-year-old former Page Three model visited her sister every day in hospital before she sadly passed away leaving her ‘out of it’, it goes without saying (Sam pictured last June)
“Sam and his family respectfully request privacy at this difficult time.”
The news is just the latest heartbreak to hit Sam, who only had one full sister from his father’s first marriage to his mother, Carole Ann Wilken.
Singer Sam and Vanessa were known to have been very close before the tragic death.
It comes after last month Sam opened up about the death of his partner Myra Stratton, who died in 2015 after a battle with cancer.
She confessed that she “didn’t want to show people” that she was in a “sad place” after death.
The singer and former glamor model admitted that she had trouble “pretending” to be happy and “couldn’t write any songs” for two years.
Having fallen in love all over again with his new wife Linda Olsen, 50, Sam revealed that she’s only now ready to release new music, with a next album on the way.
While attending the ICON Awards in support of the prostate cancer charity prost8 on Friday night, she told MailOnline exclusively: ‘When my ex-partner died, I was with her for 16 years and that’s a long, long time…
Sad: The mother of four has passed away nine days after collapsing at home following a heart attack, The Sun reports (Sam and Vanessa and their mother Carole pictured)
Family: Vanessa was rushed from her north London home to St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the city, where she was left in a coma before dying over a week later (Sam with her parents Patrick and Carol and sister Vanessa)
“For two years, I couldn’t write a letter. I just couldn’t write because everything I was writing was so sad and I didn’t want to show people that I was in that sad place.
It was very difficult for me to release something at that time and go on stage and pretend to be happy. I was pretty sad but time is a healer and then I met Linda.
“At that age I didn’t think I would ever find someone to settle down with for the rest of my life and I have and I’m in such a great place.”
“You get to 50 and you lose, you know, Myra was the love of my life and we were together for 16 years and I never thought I would be with anyone else.
‘I thought it was my life mapped out. So when I met Linda and fell in love, it was instant love when we first met. It really was and I’m so happy.
“I am happy to have met such a wonderful person who is beautiful inside and out and I can trust her unconditionally. And she is, just as my mother is my rock, she is also my rock.’
Samantha and Linda tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Essex in July, after announcing their engagement in March 2020.
The former model walked down the aisle with her partner after they were forced to postpone their 2020 wedding due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sam, who enjoyed worldwide success with his 1986 single Touch Me (I Want Your Body), last released an album in 2005, titled Angel with an Attitude.
The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant previously admitted it was a rough few years after Myra’s cancer diagnosis in 2013, eventually passing away in August 2015.
Myra, 60, was Samantha’s romantic partner and manager for 12 years, and the pop star publicly confirmed her sexuality the year they began dating.
Speaking on This Morning, Samantha said in 2016: ‘It’s been a tough couple of years for me.
Tragic: It comes after Sam last month spoke out about the death of his partner Myra Stratton, who died in 2015 after a battle with cancer (pictured left with Myra right in 2010)
Couple: Having fallen in love all over again with his new wife Linda Olsen, 50, Sam revealed that she’s only now ready to release new music, with a next album on the way.
‘The suffering is over… suffered for a good two years. They told him that he was terminal two years before he died, so that was the most difficult time, the two years before he died.
The first I’m a celebrity…Get me out of here! The star originally announced the sad news of Myra’s passing on her Instagram page last summer, writing: “I will always love you.”
In a statement on her Twitter account at the time, Samantha’s team wrote: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Myra Stratton. She has been a partner and manager of Samantha Fox for the past 16 years.
She bravely fought cancer for the past 2 years but lost her battle on Sunday. Samantha asks for privacy as she grieves at this time.