On April 25th, the funeral for actress Tanaka Yoshiko was held in Tokyo, during which a special message from the star was played. Tanaka had passed away due to breast cancer on April 21st.
Below is the translated message from Tanaka Yoshiko herself to her guests.
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Hello, this is Tanaka Yoshiko. Today is March 29th. It’s been two weeks since the Great Tohoku Knato Earthquake occurred. When I think of people who have been sufferd, my heart is in pain as if it would explode. I offer all the people who passed away my deepest condolences.
Although I’ve been trying to fight against the illness, I might lose to it. But I promise that I will try to help the victims from heaven. I think that’s my duty.
Today, I leave this message since I wanted to thank all of you here.
Thank you so much for taking good care of me ever since I debuted with Candies. I had really happy life. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Especially to my fellow members Ran-san and Miki-san – Thank you. I loved you guys very much.
I wanted to appear in more movies. I wanted to act more on TV. I wanted to continue being an actress.
Though I want to continue to tell all of you how thankful I am, I’m running out of breath.
Someday, I will revive like my sister-in-row, Natsume Masako, to repay all of you who have been supporting me, and the society. Kazu-san (her husband), please take care of it.
Until then, good bye.
(Note: Natsume Masako passed away due to leukemia in 1985, and a cancer organization under her name “Natsume Masako sun flower fund” was established using her inheritance in 1993.)
Many celebrities and the fans visited her funeral, and sent her with blue ribbons which was her image color
during her Candies days.