{"id":143408,"date":"2023-11-04T08:16:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T08:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=143408"},"modified":"2023-11-04T08:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T08:16:24","slug":"strictlys-annabel-croft-still-traumatised-after-watching-husband-mel-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/celebrities\/strictlys-annabel-croft-still-traumatised-after-watching-husband-mel-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Annabel Croft \u2018still traumatised\u2019 after watching husband Mel die"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly: Annabel Croft discusses late husband with Johannes<\/h3>\n

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft has revealed she is \u201cstill traumatised\u201d after witnessing the death of her husband Mel Coleman.<\/p>\n

The former tennis champion, whose husband died of colon cancer at the age of 60 back in May, has described the ordeal her family suffered through at the time of her husband\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Annabel, 57, recalled the heartwrenching moment her children Amber, Charlie and Lily all gathered around to be with their dad in his final few hours. <\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview with <\/span>MailOnline<\/span>, Annabel asked: \u201cHave you ever watched someone die? It is so traumatic. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was traumatised,\u201d she revealed. \u201cI am still traumatised, but at the same time I cannot believe he is gone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mel\u2019s death came as a huge shock to his family, as it happened just 16 weeks after the healthy former round-the-world yachtsman was diagnosed with cancer. <\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about her husband\u2019s sudden and unexpected diagnosis, she said: \u201cIt’s unthinkable. How can someone disappear in three months? We didn’t even know he was ill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about the harrowing day Mel was brought into hospital for the final time, she remembered: \u201cWe were blue lit to hospital. We never knew, none of us knew, that he wouldn’t be coming home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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