Shannon & Shavaughn reveal ‘HOW WE KEEP HELENA’S MEMORY ALIVE’
‘I’ve gained maturity, character and a bunch of surrogate mums. Shavvy’s one of them’
Just over five years on from Helena McAlpine’s death, her daughter Shannon and bestie Shavaughn Ruakere still think about her and grieve for her daily, and though talking about the wacky, fun-loving TV and radio star may be painful, they both agree it’s the best therapy.
“She was a ridiculous person, in the best sense,” the former Shortland Street actress says of her BFF, who died in 2015, at just 37, after a six-year battle with breast cancer. “Definitely my most embarrassing friend! I miss her zest for life.”
And while their mother-daughter relationship wasn’t always smooth sailing,
