June 5, 1981 Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was born. Her father, a pimp, heroin addict and habitual criminal, walked out when she was 2 and she spent much of her childhood helping her mother after she lost an arm and the sight in one eye in a motorbike accident.

2002 She became Big Brother's youngest contestant then, aged 21. She had just been evicted from a council flat with more than £3,000 in unpaid rent and was facing jail over an unpaid council tax bill. She comes fourth

October 2002 Became the star of her own documentary, What Jade Did Next. Within six months of the show, she underwent a dramatic makeover, losing two stone and ensuring a more lucrative tabloid coverage

June 2003 Had her first child, Bobby Jack, with Jeff Brazier. After a brief split, they had a second son, Freddie, in September 2004, before a permanent split

November 2003 Jade and Jeff took part in Celebrity Wife Swap. Appearances on Celebrity Driving School, Celebrity Weakest Link and Celebrity Stars in their Eyes followed. Further shows, Jade's Salon and Jade's PA, showed no end to the interest in her life

April 2006 Attracted public scorn after crashing out of the London Marathon after 21 miles, later admitting she had eaten takeaways in preparation

May 2006 Publishes Jade: My Autobiography. A month later she launched her first perfume

January 2007 Goody, her mother and her boyfriend, Jack Tweed, appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. The show attracted 45,000 complaints after Goody was accused of racist bullying of Shilpa Shetty

August 2008 In an act of repentance, Jade appeared on the Indian version of Big Brother, Bigg Boss. Two days after entering the house, she received the diagnosis of cervical cancer

October 2008 Published new book Jade: Catch a Falling Star

January 2009 Tweed was released on electronic monitoring after serving four months of an 18-month sentence for assaulting a teenager with a golf club

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