Transgender lottery winner Melissa Ede dead at 58 – Taxi driver dies 18 months after £4m jackpot win
TRANSGENDER lotto winner Melissa Ede has died 18 months after scooping the £4m jackpot.
The 58-year-old, who became a multimillionaire after buying a £10 scratchcard in December 2017, died suddenly on Saturday.
Her fiancee Rachel Nason confirmed the tragic news to Hull Live.
It is understood the former Hull taxi driver died suddenly.
Her family are now working on funeral arrangements.
The former cabbie’s death comes just weeks after she revealed she had said her final goodbyes to her family after suffering “crushing” chest pains at her Hull home.
She had been rushed to hospital due to the suspected heart attack on Bank Holiday Monday.
At the time, she told The Mirror: “I really did think my time was up. My chest was crushing in. I thought, ‘This is it.’
“I told Rachel [her fiancee], ‘I love you so much. Always remember that.”
Melissa had a series of tests but was given the all clear from the Hull Royal Infirmary.
She added: “It makes you realise how precious life is. You can be here one minute and gone the next.”
Melissa’s cause of death has not been established.
Tributes have since poured in for the 58-year-old, with friends writing: “Omg r.i.p Mel you was one of a kind you will be sadly missed xxx”
Another added on social media: “So sorry to hear this RIP Mel condolences to her partner and family x”
After scooping the jackpot, Melissa had forked out thousands to change her appearance with a series of cosmetic surgeries.
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