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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Kyle O'Sullivan

Jay Aston's years from hell - mouth cancer, rebuilt tongue and daughter's meningitis

Bucks Fizz star Jay Aston has endured a hellish ordeal over the last few years.

The singer, who rose to fame when the British band won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with 'Making Your Mind Up', has suffered from her own agonising health battles.

Jay was diagnosed with mouth cancer in June 2018, had a gruelling seven-hour operation to remove a section of her tongue and then had it rebuilt using part of her thigh.

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