Angela Jay, former Page 3 star, dead at 71 after short cancer battle [Video]

Former Page 3 star Angela Jay has died at the age of 71.

The model, who was mainstay of the inside pages of British newspapers in the 1980s, died with her husband Ken by her side after a short battle with lung cancer.

Sharing the news of her death on Sunday, Ken announced that his wife had died while in hospital in Eastbourne in east Sussex.

Describing her ‘as the perfect girl next door,’ Ken told The Sun that Angela was ‘a miner’s daughter from the northern pits who dared to dream.’

Born in Sunderland, Angela was spotted by a modelling agency after moving to Manchester.

He said: ‘She realised that she couldn’t stay there and become the wife of a miner.

‘Straight away she was such a natural. So fresh-faced.

‘A lot of the models spend two hours getting ready – Angela was just ready to go.’

Describing the first time he saw Angela, Ken said she ‘had a pair of jeans and …