Connie Johnson to be farewelled in public service

A public memorial will be held for cancer crusader and Love Your Sister founder Connie Johnson on Saturday, two weeks after the mother-of-two lost her fight with the devastating disease.

Her brother, actor Sam Johnson, organised the service and says he hopes it will be ‘perfect’ revealing Connie’s husband will speak alongside The Project host Carrie Bickmore. 

The service which will be live streamed across social media and in Melbourne’s Federation Square is to be held in St Paul’s Cathedral from 4.15pm. 

‘It’s going to be an absolute belter. I was tasked with this service personally and I will not f**k it up,’Samuel posted on Facebook.

A public memorial will be held for cancer crusader and Love Your Sister founder Connie Johnson on Saturday

The mother-of-two, pictured here with her young sons, died after fighting breast cancer for five years

The mother-of-two, pictured here with her young sons, died after fighting breast cancer for five years

She fought hard in the public eye raising money towards finding a cure for the disease

She fought hard in the public eye raising money towards finding a cure for the disease

The mother-of-two won the hearts of Australians after she took her cancer fight public in 2012 – when she was told she had just 12 months to live. 

She started the Love Your Sister charity with her brother by pulling the ‘cancer card’ shortly after – and has raised more than $7million dollars towards ‘getting rid of cancer forever’ since. 

Her brother has now promised to continue the work the pair started and says he won’t go back to work until the charity has raised $10million towards ‘cancer vanquishment’.

The ‘lineup’ at the memorial service is going to be ‘exceptional’ according to Sam.

‘We’re going way beyond the brother/sister thing and are going to introduce the Johnson clan to the Village, and the Village to the Johnson clan…what could possibly go wrong?’ he said. 

And there is plenty of Love Your Sister merchandise available as well, with Sam launching the Connie Cotton socks range after his sister’s death.

‘I don’t think we’re gonna run out of merch,’ he said. 

Her brother, actor Sam Johnson, organised the service and says he hopes it will be 'perfect' revealing Connie's husband will speak alongside The Project host Carrie Bickmore

Her brother, actor Sam Johnson, organised the service and says he hopes it will be ‘perfect’ revealing Connie’s husband will speak alongside The Project host Carrie Bickmore

Samuel shaved his hair in support of his sick sister and to raise money for the charity

Samuel shaved his hair in support of his sick sister and to raise money for the charity

Just before Connie died she was brought to tears as she was given an Order of Australia Medal. 

Sam took to Facebook to share a picture of his sister with her medal and said ‘her eyes danced like when we were kids’ when she was given it. ‘The Governor General ‘popped in’ on Connie today.

 Can you see that shiny thing on her chest?’ he wrote.

‘It’s a Medal of The Order of Australia, awarded for her services to our community and humanity! Her eyes danced like when we were kids. She looked so alive.’

He added: ‘Afterwards, she looked at me sideways, coz she can’t move her head too well, and she kept saying, in her weak and raspy voice…’Can you believe it? Can you believe it? Look what we did. We did something!”

Just before Connie died she was brought to tears as she was given an Order of Australia Medal

Just before Connie died she was brought to tears as she was given an Order of Australia Medal

The brother and sister have won the approval of Australians as they publicly show their support for each other

The brother and sister have won the approval of Australians as they publicly show their support for each other

‘Our thanks to our new mate Pete Cosgrove, for making us all laugh in amongst all the pomp. And kudos to our new Lady Cottonsocks, for being exactly who she is.

‘This is an awful time, we won’t bullshit, but please believe that she feels SO cushioned by your love and has been finding so many rainbows.’

Last month, Connie said she was ‘not there yet’, when it came to dying because she still has ‘too much to do’ and ‘the fight must go on’.

‘I want to take the kids to the circus, we’ve never been to a circus,’ she said.

She added: ‘At any moment those few little healthy pieces of liver can be taken over by cancer and at that point I go into liver failure.’

The Love Your Sister Facebook page is ‘liked’ by over 550,000 people. 

The Love Your Sister Facebook page is 'liked' by over 550,000 people

The Love Your Sister Facebook page is ‘liked’ by over 550,000 people

Sam has pledged to end cancer and won't return to acting until Love Your Sister has raised $10million

Sam has pledged to end cancer and won’t return to acting until Love Your Sister has raised $10million

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