I heard my daughter’s final breaths over the phone moments before her tragic death, says Nikki Grahame’s mum

NIKKI Grahame’s mum Sue has revealed that she heard her daughter’s final breaths over the phone before she passed away.

The Big Brother star died at the age of 38 after a long battle with anorexia on April 9 2021.

Nikki checked into a private hospital to treat her eating disorder in March after her desperate friends managed to raise more than £65,500 to start paying for life-saving care.

The day before she passed away, the reality favourite had been discharged from hospital.

Her mum wanted to be with her, but Nikki said that she wanted “some time alone” and told her she was going to a recovery clinic on the Monday.

“As it turns out, I was the last person to speak to Nikki,” Sue bravely told .

“On the day she died, she called me at 3.30 am to tell me she’d made it to the bathroom with her new walking frame.

“I said, ‘Well done Nikki, take it one step at a time.’

“She replied, ‘I’m so tired, Mum.’ I told her, ‘It’s OK, Sausage. Close your eyes and go back to sleep.’

“She died in her sleep that night. I’d heard her final breaths.”

Sue has also revealed that she had a completely different job before she died.

In a new interview Sue confessed that, just before the first lockdown, Nikki was working as a dinner lady and was training to be a teaching assistant.

Speaking to , she said: “Before the pandemic hit, Nikki got a job as a dinner lady at a nearby school.

“She was also volunteering to help kids read in the classroom and had gone back to college to get a teaching assistant qualification.

“After she died, I had a phone call from the college to say she’d passed and they had her certificate.”

Nicki’s passing was confirmed in a statement on her last year.

It read: “It is with great sadness, we have to let you know that our dear friend Nikki passed away in the early hours of Friday 9th April.

“It breaks our hearts to know that someone who is so precious was taken from us at such a young age. Nikki not only touched the lives of millions of people, but also her friends and family who will miss her immensely.

“We would like to request privacy at this difficult time, while Nikki’s friends and family process the sad news.

“Full details will be released as and when we know them.”

It continued: “All donations have been greatly appreciated and it was heartwarming for everyone including Nikki to see how much she was loved.”