A post on her official Facebook page announced her death. It read: "It is with heavy hearts and enormous great sadness, that we have to announce the sudden passing of our much loved Rose-Marie, in her beloved second home of Blackpool. Rest in Peace, dear heart.”
According to Robin, Rose-Marie was recording her 20th album just last Thursday. Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph, he said: "I just can't believe this has happened. I've known her for a hell of a long time, I first met her in the '90s. I worked on a TV show with her called Something for the Weekend for the BBC, and then over the years our paths crossed many times."
"She had so much to look forward to," he explained. "She was in the studio recording a new album, there was a TV documentary being made about her, life was good." He added that her death was 'so sudden'. He said: "It was so sudden, the last day I was with her she was in great form. There were no health issues at all. We think it was a heart attack."