Loose Women panellist and Masked Singer star Gloria Hunniford has spoken out about the heart breaking loss of her daughter.
Caron Keating, who died from breast cancer aged 41 in 2004, would have turned 60 in October.
In an interview with the Mirror's Love Sunday Magazine, Gloria said that she still thinks of her deceased daughter every single day.
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Explaining her heartbreak, the 81-year-old mum said: "[Losing a child is] the worst kind of death you can suffer.
"When you are pregnant, you carry that baby for nine months.
"It doesn’t matter what age that baby loses his or her life, there’s something about the physical part of giving birth that gives you a deeper loss. It can never go away, you just have to learn to live with it."
She added: “I felt it a privilege to be with her at birth and at the end as well.”
Speaking about what would have been Caron's milestone birthday, Gloria explained that they would have had quite the celebration, as she said: "What a party we would have had if she’d turned 60!"
She added: "I can’t believe she would have been 60, Caron’s been gone for 18 years and I still think of her as she was as a baby."
Gloria had one wish for her daughter. She said: "I wish she had seen her fabulous boys grow up.
"When one of her sons, Charlie, graduated from university... oh, how she would have loved that."
Caron was mum to Charles and Gabriel, who were 10 and seven when their mum died.
In 2008, Gloria released a touching book dedicated to daughter Caron.
Next To You shared insights into the grief that Gloria suffered as daughter Caron lost her seven-year battle with cancer.
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