Poh Ling Yeow shared a heartwarming tribute to the recently departed Cal Wilson on Tuesday.
The celebrity chef, 49, posted a series of images on her Instagram account with a long caption detailing how she felt about the comedian’s passing at the age of 53.Â
The pictures included a sketch Poh drew of her friend, their time in Poh’s home city of Adelaide, and their experiences together on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
Underneath, Poh wrote there was ‘going to be a forever’s worth’ of cat videos, dinners with comedian, and eating turkey testicles in the jungle and ‘another dozen “just one more story” before creeping bleary-eyed to our beds.’
She continued: ‘Every time I shake with grief for you, I imagine your ghost arms holding me because that’s just what you would do. I feel so lucky to have had you in my life – it’s only been 3 years but now I have a forever’s worth of missing those dazzling dimples.’
Poh Ling Yeow (pictured right) shared a heartwarming tribute to the recently departed Cal Wilson (pictured left) on Tuesday
Poh posted a series of images on her Instagram account with a long caption detailing how she felt about Cal Wilson’s passing at the age of 53. Pictured Poh and Cal on I’m A Celebrity
The pictures included a sketch Poh drew of her friend, their time in Poh’s home city of Adelaide, and their experiences together on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
Poh capped off her tribute with another very personal memory of her friendship with the comedian.Â
‘Wherever you are, friend, I hope it’s really similar to Spotlight except the shop assistants are talking cats wearing gingham uniforms,’ she wrote.
Wilson was suffering from a rare and aggressive form of cancer when she died at 53, Daily Mail Australia understands.
Underneath, Poh wrote there was ‘going to be a forever’s worth’ of cat videos, dinners with comedian, and eating turkey testicles in the jungle and ‘another dozen “just one more story” before creeping bleary-eyed to our beds’
She was surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday when she passed away at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The comedian, who lived in Melbourne, was in Sydney filming The Great Australian Bake Off when she was admitted to hospital.
It’s understood Wilson was battling cancer in secret and only revealed the details of her illness to close family and friends.
She continued: ‘Every time I shake with grief for you, I imagine your ghost arms holding me because that’s just what you would do. I feel so lucky to have had you in my life – it’s only been 3 years but now I have a forever’s worth of missing those dazzling dimples’
Poh capped off her tribute with another very personal memory of her friendship with the comedian. ‘Wherever you are, friend, I hope it’s really similar to Spotlight except the shop assistants are talking cats wearing gingham uniforms,’ she wrote
She was in hospital for two weeks before her death, with entertainment reporter Peter Ford suggesting the cancer was related to her lungs.
In the hours after her death was announced, Great Australian Bake Off judge Darren Purchase said the comedian appeared ‘very sick’ the last time he saw her.
‘I am sorry this has happened to such a good person, and I cannot get out of my head the last time I saw her when she was very sick,’ he wrote.
Australian comedian Cal Wilson died after a battle with cancer, it has emerged
‘I wish I could give her a hug and tell her how much she means to me and so many people.’
Just five days ago, Wilson, who is survived by her husband Chris Woods and her son, Digby, appeared in promotional images for the Melbourne Fringe Festival act, The 50 Year Show.
In a haunting interview on the Bakeology podcast, just months before her passing, her close friend Adam Miller asked Wilson what Digby would remember her for.
The 53-year-old seen here on the set of the Great Australian Bake Off prior to her death
The moment suggested that her friends were aware of her battle with cancer, even though she had kept it private from the public eye.
‘What do you think Digby will remember you for?’ Miller asked.
‘I think it will be for pancakes because that’s a fairly regular weekend thing,’ Cal responded.
Cal said she hoped her son Digby (pictured together) would remember their weekends together making pancakes during a touching interview back in August
