Overview
- On the latest episode of the Dig It podcast, a caller named Di recounted how her 90-year-old mother peacefully died in her garden on New Year’s Eve after choosing to spend Christmas at home.
- Ball, 55, became visibly emotional and reached for tissues, and co-host Jo Whiley also struggled to contain her feelings during the segment.
- Responding to the story, Ball praised the caller’s mother and, through tears, mentioned she jokes with her children about wanting a lighthearted “comedy death,” such as a piano falling on her.
- Ball previously announced that her mother, Julia Peckham, died in April 2024 from pancreatic cancer, and she later took an extended break from BBC Radio 2.
- She has since spoken about an emotional breakdown that left her unable to work and said milestones like her mother’s birthday remain especially difficult.