Samantha Armytage shares touching tribute after death of her grandmother, Dorothy: 'She was pure magic'

Samantha Armytage has shared a touching tribute to her late grandmother, Dorothy Flannery, who died this month at age 100.”Last week ~ we laid our beautiful Nanny Flannery to rest. She was 100 & she was just pure magic ✨” the TV host shared.”A grandmother’s love is like no other,” she said.Armytage, 49, remembered her “universally adored” ’Nanny Flannery’ as a woman who loved colour, especially yellow.”Fittingly, the autumn day she passed, the light shone through the glorious Ginkgo tree in my garden ?” Armytage remembered.”She’s shining with my mama now (& Banjo ?) … how lucky am I to have three Guardian Angels.”Armytage’s mother – and Dorothy’s daughter – Libby passed away in 2020 after a long battle with an autoimmune disease.READ MORE: Condition Anne Hathaway secretly battled for a decadeREAD MORE: Scarlett Johansson makes rare parenting confessionREAD MORE: Star hits back at trolls who labelled her ‘old and decrepit’Armytage also lost her Labrador, Banjo, suddenly in 2024.The presenter ended her tribute with a sentiment that touched her followers.”She deserves a good rest … but Lordy, we shall miss her,” she wrote of her grandmother.Armytage’s friends and followers sent their condolences.”Such beautiful tributes for your Nanny Flannery. What a wonderful woman she must have been. Sending big hugs to you and your family. ❤️” said Channel 9’s Belinda Russell.”Sorry for your loss of such a special lady in your life. How lucky you were. May she rest peacefully now. ??” said another.A third said Armytage’s words had changed their own grief journey.”I lost my beautiful Mum a couple of months ago and she was 97. Your words have made something shift in me with my grieving,” they wrote.”How very true … they do deserve a good rest but oh how we will miss them. Thank you ? Hugs to you.”

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