Transgender National Lottery winner Melissa Ede dies at 58

A taxi driver who won £4 million on the National Lottery has died, her fiancee has said.

Melissa Ede, from Hull, died on Saturday evening according to Rachel Nason and plans are now being made for her funeral.

Her death came a week after she showed ‘classic signs’ of a heart attack with crushing chest pains that left her unable to breathe.

Speaking before her death she said ‘I really thought my time was up’.

Michelle became a millionaire in January 2018 on a Blue Scratchcard.

Michelle revealed that she had her lungs x-rayed, several blood tests and her heart monitored during a five-hour stay in hospital.

She said: ‘It does make you think. While I was laid on the bed with ambulance people around me, you do start to think “s**t what is this all about?. What am I doing, I have just won £4m and I’m going to peg it?”I need to be doing more in life.’

Michelle told the Hull Daily Mail said she thought the health scare may have been a wake-up call for her.

She said: ‘I need to start doing some of the things I have never had chance to do while I can.

‘I am sat here now thinking how lucky I am. Maybe it is a wake-up call to take better care of myself.’

In December, Melissa spoke about plans to have a face lift and nose job along with dental work to fix her smile.

Speaking about her win she said: ‘All those people who say money doesn’t buy you happiness are talking a load of rubbish’.

She also spoke openly about being transgender. She said: ‘I’m not scared because my gender reassignment surgery absolutely terrified me but it is the best thing I ever did.’