Later Life and Death
On 18 January 2008, Barnes presented Saving Ed Mitchell on ITV1, a programme about her former colleague Ed Mitchell's descent into alcoholism.
On 4 March 2008, The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that she had suffered a life-threatening stroke that had left her in a coma. Her doctors did not expect her to recover, and several of her closest friends also voiced these fears. Barnes never regained consciousness and died, aged 63, on 8 March 2008 in the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. Her son James gave doctors permission to switch off her life support system after they had warned him that there was no reasonable hope that she would recover.
While Barnes was dying in hospital, her London flat was burgled.
After Barnes' death, The Argus newspaper of her home town of Brighton, decided to name their Courageous Child of the Year Award after her. The Carol Barnes Courageous Child of the Year Award is one of around 20 awards given to unsung yet deserving heroes of Sussex at an annual ceremony, hosted by the newspaper.
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