The daughter of Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watkins has described how, up until a fall on Christmas Eve, her mother’s health had been “perfect,” reports The Mirror.
Five years after her ex-Late Late Show husband’s November 4 anniversary, Ms. Watkins passed away on Thursday at the age of 90.
In a statement, her family said: “It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Kathleen Watkins. Kathleen died peacefully earlier today, surrounded by her loving family in the wonderful care of the team at the Blackrock Clinic. Kathleen’s family is devastated by the loss of their much-loved mother, and devoted Nana Kit, to her grandchildren Cian, Sadhbh, Kate, Saoirse and Harry,” reports The Mirror.
Suzy Byrne, her daughter, told Joe Duffy on RTE Radio 1’s Liveline that her mother was “absolutely perfect” until she experienced issues after stumbling on her way to mass on Christmas Eve and has been in and out of the Blackrock Clinic ever since.
On Sunday, Ms. Watkins was admitted to the hospital in south Dublin for the last time, reports The Mirror.
Suzy said: “She had a fall on her way to mass on Christmas Eve. It set off other things. I wouldn’t say she had ill health over the last year but she had been in and out of Blackrock for long stints over the last year. She became that person in Blackrock that every time she went back in she would ask if she could please go back to her friends on the first floor in the Fitzgerald unit and last Sunday when we brought her in again for her final time, they immediately had a bed waiting. They were in and out of her room, whether they were on duty or not. They couldn’t do enough for her. They were fabulous,” reports The Mirror.
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