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Dying Jade Goody has begged husband Jack Tweed: “Stay with me – please don’t go.”

The terminally ill star is petrified of waking up alone and wants Jack near her day and night.

A family friend said: “Jade takes huge reassurance from Jack’s presence and wants him with her all the time. She is in a deep sleep most of the time, but when she does come round, she is very disorientated and gets upset and tearful.

“Jack talks to her softly, holds her hand and...

...strokes her hair. He is the only one who can calm her.” Jack is wearing an electronic tag after serving four months in prison for assault. Probation chiefs have adjusted his curfew so he can stay with Jade around the clock.

Jack, 21, looked exhausted yesterday as he popped out briefly for a break.

Jade’s devastated mum Jackiey also showed the strain as she went to the local shops for sweets and magazines.

She told wellwishers at the house in Upshire, Essex: “I just don’t know how she is. If I knew I would tell you but I just don’t know.”

Yesterday Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty met Jade’s publicist Max Clifford to pass on her good wishes to her former Big Brother housemate. As she left his West London offices, Shilpa, 33, said: “My prayers are with Jade and her family.”

As well as keeping Jack by her side Jade has surrounded herself with photos of family and friends to ensure they are the first and last things she sees.

A family friend said: “Jade is in a deep sleep 98 per cent of the time. But when she does open her eyes it is a source of great comfort to see the smiling faces of her mum, grandparents, sons and closest pals all around her.

“She knows she is too ill for them all to be with her now, but just seeing their faces gives her a smile. And she likes the idea that when she closes her eyes for the final time, they will be the last thing she sees.”

Supporters gathered outside Jade’s house yesterday. Jenny Berk, 23, from Upshire, said: “I know we can’t make a difference but we just wanted to show we care by making the effort to be here. We are just hoping and praying for a miracle.”

Meanwhile, publisher Harper Collins revealed that the third and final instalment of Jade’s autobiography will be called Forever In My Heart.