Dave Hughes, 52, has revealed the heartbreaking news that his mother is terminally ill.
On Friday morning on 2DAY FM’s Hughesy, Ed & Erin show, the radio host shared on-air that his mum Carmel Hughes was in the end stages of her life.
“It’s been a tough couple of weeks,” Hughesy began on the morning show.
Listen to the audio above.
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“My mum’s unwell and the family have gathered around her and we’re celebrating her life,” he then shared.
“So she’s still with us, but it won’t be long.”
The radio star then shared that his mother is “asleep now” and “probably won’t wake up again.”
Hughesy previously lost his father Desmond ‘Des’ Hughes in November 2010.
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Des Hughes died at the age of 78 from cancer after also being diagnosed with dementia.
On the Friday breakfast show, the television presenter revealed his family were all by his mother’s side now and were looking through old photographs together.
“She’s been a beautiful mother who’s really supported all her children,” he shared, calling his mother a “great matriarch” to their family.
The radio host spoke about his mother’s commitment and “sacrifice” for their family after leaving the orphanage she grew up in to become a nurse.
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“She’s done so well in her life,” Hughes shared, adding that she’s “always been stoic” and the family will “miss her a lot.”
According to the breakfast radio star, his mother has kept her humour right up until the end, sharing that she has been “coming up with zingers” for the nurses.
“My niece was beside the bed the other day and her foot touched the bucket beside the bed and mum said I’m the one kicking the bucket, not you,” he shared one instance of his mother’s intact albeit dark humour.
In 2020, the Aussie presenter posted to social media to celebrate his mother Carmel’s 80th birthday.
“She grew up in an orphanage with her sister after their mum died when they were little girls,” he wrote in the caption.
“She spent her working life nursing. Dad would often say he won the lotto when he married her. Fair call.'”