Straight-A schoolgirl dies suddenly from brain tumour just hours before she was due to be crowned prom queen

  • Lucy Goulding, 16, fell ill during lessons at school in Worthing, West Sussex
  • She was hoping for straight A*s after recently completing her GCSEs
  • Wanted to go to college and start her own bakery business
  • Mother: 'She had such a full-on life, with so much to look forward to'
By Simon Tomlinson

A straight-A teenager died suddenly from a brain tumour just hours before she was due to be crowned prom queen.
Lucy Goulding, 16, fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School near her home in Worthing, West Sussex.
She was taken to hospital for emergency surgery but later died.
'Had a full-on life': Sixteen-year-old Lucy Goulding died from a brain tumour just hours before she was due to be crowned prom queen
'Had a full-on life': Sixteen-year-old Lucy Goulding died from a brain tumour just hours before she was due to be crowned prom queen


Lucy was hoping to get straight A*s after recently completing her GCSEs and planned to go to college and start her own bakery business.
Her mother Antonella Goulding said: 'She had such a full-on life, with so much to look forward to.
'She worked so hard and she didn't even have the chance to see the results or sit back and enjoy herself for one day. 'I didn't have the chance to celebrate finishing her exams with her either.
'She worked extremely hard. I'm not rich and she always understood if she wanted her own money, she had to work hard and get a job.'
Lucy Goulding
 
 
Lucy Goulding
Devastating: Lucy was hoping to get straight A*s after recently completing her GCSEs and planned to go to college and start her own bakery business
Devastated pupils wore orange ribbons to their prom in tribute to the orange shoes Lucy had chosen to wear.
Teachers also gathered with family and friends on nearby Goring beach to set off balloons and Chinese lanterns.
Mrs Goulding said: 'Her friends have done something so magical. Lucy once wrote a poem sticking up for teenagers, saying how they weren't all scum, and this proves she was absolutely right.
'She had such strong opinions and was never one to follow the crowd. She stood up for what she believed in and looked out for her friends.'
Shock: Lucy fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School (above) near her home in Worthing, West Sussex
Shock: Lucy fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School (above) near her home in Worthing, West Sussex
Devastated pupils wore orange ribbons to their prom in tribute to the orange shoes Lucy had chosen to wear.
Teachers also gathered with family and friends on nearby Goring beach to set off balloons and Chinese lanterns.
Mrs Goulding said: 'Her friends have done something so magical. Lucy once wrote a poem sticking up for teenagers, saying how they weren't all scum, and this proves she was absolutely right.
'She had such strong opinions and was never one to follow the crowd. She stood up for what she believed in and looked out for her friends.'
Shock: Lucy fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School (above) near her home in Worthing, West Sussex
Shock: Lucy fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School (above) near her home in Worthing, West Sussex

Devastated pupils wore orange ribbons to their prom in tribute to the orange shoes Lucy had chosen to wear.
Teachers also gathered with family and friends on nearby Goring beach to set off balloons and Chinese lanterns.
Mrs Goulding said: 'Her friends have done something so magical. Lucy once wrote a poem sticking up for teenagers, saying how they weren't all scum, and this proves she was absolutely right.
'She had such strong opinions and was never one to follow the crowd. She stood up for what she believed in and looked out for her friends.'
Shock: Lucy fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School (above) near her home in Worthing, West Sussex
Shock: Lucy fell ill during lessons at Chatsmore Catholic High School (above) near her home in Worthing, West Sussex

Tribute pages on Facebook received thousands of messages of support following her death on Friday.
Lucy was due to go to Chichester College to study business, English literature and classics.
The pupil also loved baking and created her own cupcake business with a friend, according to The Argus.
A statement on the school website said: 'Our community is devastated at the news and trying to come to terms with such a tragic loss.'
A funeral is due to take place at St Michaels High Salvington, Worthing, but a date has not yet been confirmed
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“La richiesta è stata fatta nel giugno del 2012 dalla Mobile di Potenza nell’ambito di un’inchiesta per riciclaggio partita dal sequestro a casa di Carlantonio Traietta, esponente materano prima di An poi di Fli, di distinte di versamento in bianco ‘con in calce una firma illeggibile’. Fondi di dubbia provenienza – è l’ipotesi dei pm – sarebbero finiti su un conto riconducibile a Fli nei giorni della sua costituzione. In un’intercettazione ambientale del 15 gennaio 2010, Traietta racconta ad un amico dell’operazione che avrebbe dovuto portare Pasquale Di Lorenzo (consigliere lucano ex An,ora in quota Fli e indagato per la vicenda dei rimborsi alla Regione Basilicata) a succedere a Lamorte alla gestione del patrimonio. “È una cosa enorme e vale miliardi — dice Traietta — hanno messo tutto in questo fondo patrimoniale, poi questa fondazione che a capo c’è Di Lorenzo. Entrerà fra pochissimo perché lascerà tutto…il segretario di Fini, come si chiama? Donato Lamorte. Quindi diventeremo…cioè si fidano di noi”.
“In realtà poi Di Lorenzo non è diventato tesoriere. Nelle conversazioni intercettate, Traietta parla spesso di Italo Bocchino e di Fini: “Con Italo ho stretto stretto, mi chiama tutti i giorni” I poliziotti che lo hanno pedinato, lo hanno visto più volte incontrarsi con Bocchino, all’epoca vicepresidente del Pdl alla Camera. Le telefonate con quest’ultimo non sono state trascritte perché protette dall’immunità. I contenuti delle conversazioni hanno comunque indotto i pm a chiedere accertamenti sul patrimonio An e su Lamorte”.
p.s.) Fini e i suoi "amici" hanno fatto "ciccio cappuccio" ci pare di capire
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