Cancer and Death
In 1997, she was diagnosed with cancer of the colon, which later metastasised to her liver and lungs. A 1998 documentary, Hope for Helen, followed her fight. Rollason became involved in charity work, raising £5 million for a cancer wing at North Middlesex hospital. Rollason died on 9 August 1999 at the age of 43, in Brentwood, Essex.
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