Emmerdale’s Charley Webb and Hollyoaks’ Jamie Lomas are heartbroken as their beloved mum dies on Mother’s Day after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s
Soap stars Charley Webb and her brother Jamie Lomas have announced the loss of their beloved mother Helen Webb.
Helen tragically died on Mother’s Day after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s.
Emmerdale actress Charley, 38, and Hollyoaks’ Jamie, 50, took to Instagram on Sunday to pay tribute to their ‘beautiful’ mum.
Jamie said he felt like he had lost his mother twice over her battle with the ‘horrible disease’, Alzheimer’s, a progressive, irreversible brain disease and the most common cause of dementia.
She wrote: ‘Sadly we lost our beautiful mother today on Mother’s Day.
‘After a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s, he finally decided it was time to leave us. Anyone who knows what it is like to have someone with this terrible disease will know that you lost them not once, but twice.
‘Our mother was always so strong, and over the years it’s been so hard to watch her slowly deteriorate into someone who is nothing more than a shell of the person she once was.
Soap stars Charley Webb and brother Jamie Lomas announced the loss of their beloved mother Helen Webb (Charley and her mother pictured)
Helen tragically passed away on Mother’s Day after a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease
The heartbroken 50-year-old actor took to Instagram on Sunday to pay tribute to his ‘beautiful’ mother Helen Webb.
‘You are at peace now mom, we love you and we will miss you very much. You were the first person to love me before the world knew I existed.
‘Good night mom RI P.
‘I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the wonderful staff who looked after him every day and everyone who helped him in some way. You are all truly amazing people.’
Charley added: ‘My beautiful mother left us today on Mother’s Day. 15/03/2026. The past twelve years have been stolen from us, that’s the only way to describe the feeling. “A long farewell”.
‘Thank you everyone for your support, especially everyone who has taken such good care of him over the last 3 years. And I tell my closest ones, I can’t live without you.’
Many soap stars took to the comments section to express their condolences.
Brooke Vincent wrote: ‘Sending you all my love Jamie.’
Meanwhile, fellow Hollyoaks star Anthony Quinn said: ‘I’m so sorry for you all. Sending you so much love! Helen was an amazing woman, one of the best! I always enjoyed seeing him and laughing. ‘Rest assured, we are always with you, brother.’
Charley added: ‘My beautiful mother left us today on Mother’s Day. 15/03/2026. The past twelve years have been stolen from us, that’s the only way to describe the feeling. ‘long farewell’
While sharing photos with fans, Jamie said he felt like he had lost his mother twice due to her battle with Alzheimer’s, a “horrible disease”.
Many of Jamie and Charley’s star friends took to the comments section to offer their condolences
Nikki Sanderson added: ‘Sending so much love to you and your family. If you need anything we’re here for you xxx.’
Last month, Charley bravely opened up about their mother’s devastating battle with early-onset dementia and her fight to get diagnosed herself when she was just 64.
Charley, known for her role as Debbie Dingle in Emmerdale, revealed she knew something was seriously wrong when her mother Helen forgot important personal information (which she did not disclose).
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, he said: ‘He was 64 and got the diagnosis. But of course the symptoms come before that. You know, it takes time.
‘He actually forgot something quite big, which is quite personal, and I knew at that moment that this was something he couldn’t forget.
‘I think everyone around me at the time was thinking, you’re being dramatic, everything’s fine. I said, ‘No, something’s not right.’
On the Daily Mail’s The Life Of Bryony podcast, Charley explained why Helen chose to share her dementia battle after keeping it private for so long.
He said he was eager to speak out to do more for Alzheimer’s charities and knew how isolating it could be.
She said: ‘I felt selfish for not talking about it because I knew how alone I felt, so I thought if I could do a little bit more for the charity I really wanted to do that.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever felt so alone when I received this diagnosis.’
The actress also opened up about how she felt conflicted about keeping it secret because she knew her mother wouldn’t want it to be made public.
Charley said: ‘My mother was all for make-up and glam and I felt I wanted to protect her privacy. Even though he didn’t know it was being talked about, I think in the back of my mind I was thinking he would hate it.
‘I still don’t think I’ve processed it to be honest. They say you’re sad when they’re here, and you’re sad when they’re gone.’
