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Pop Idol Mark's mum in cancer battle

The mother of Pop Idol star Mark Rhodes has been diagnosed with lung cancer, he revealed today.

Tue, 01 Jun, 2004 - 15:36

The mother of Pop Idol star Mark Rhodes has been diagnosed with lung cancer, he revealed today.

Mark – one half of chart duo Sam and Mark – was devastated when doctors gave his mother Christine the news three weeks ago.

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