FROM her innocent childhood to those wild years as a party girl, Sarah took her motto from her idol, Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe: “Fear is stupid. So are regrets.”
With Girls Aloud she dominated the charts for a decade and earned her nickname “Hardcore Harding”.
LickerishSarah Harding died yesterday from breast cancer at the age of 39[/caption]
RexFrom left to right: Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts[/caption]
Here we chart in pictures a life filled with risk, passion and adventure.
A life that would have made Marilyn proud.
RexSarah as a baby with her father John[/caption]
Sarah Harding / InstagramAdorable toddler Sarah takes a nap[/caption]
RexSarah at home aged 17[/caption]
RexSarah on stage at Party in the Park in 2003[/caption]
PA:Press AssociationGirls Aloud performing during Strictly Come Dancing results show in 2012[/caption]
RexA young Sarah in her early days[/caption]
RexSarah with Javine Hylton and Aimee Kearsley, to Sarah’s left, who missed cut for the bandon Popstars: The Rivals[/caption]
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