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<\/p>\nBenidorm legend Sticky Vicky's cause of death has been revealed after she tragically passed away earlier this week.<\/p>\n
The 80-year-old, real name Victoria Mar\u00eda Arag\u00fc\u00e9s Gadea, died of heart failure at about 6am on Wednesday (November 29), her family have confirmed. She was at the Villajoyosa Hospital near the infamous resort where she had been performing for 35 years when she died.<\/p>\n
Her daughter, Mar\u00eda Arag\u00fc\u00e9s Gadea, said Vicky was surrounded by family at the time. "My mum was in hospital for the last 12 days of her life and as a family we've been with her and have been able to say goodbye to her," she told The Sun.<\/p>\n
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"I was by her bedside when she died this morning. She passed away as they were changing her morphine bottle."<\/p>\n
Taking to Facebook, Maria \u2013 who said goodbye to her mum on her 42nd birthday \u2013 also added: "I regret these words, my mother Sticky Vicky passed away today at 6 in the morning, I can't believe it," she penned.<\/p>\n
"She has gone, surrounded by her family, with all of our love. I thank God for being able to always be by her side, I am left with a broken heart."<\/p>\n
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Born in Tenerife in 1943, Sticky Vicky quickly became an unlikely household name thanks to her jaw-dropping onstage antics. She is best-known for stripping off and plucking various objects \u2013 from ping pong balls to razor blades \u2013 from her seemingly very resilient vagina.<\/p>\n
Her show became a rite of passage for boozed-up Brits on the hunt for unorthodox X-rated entertainment. Holidaymaker Owain Laing, who convinced his girlfriend to accompany him to the show back in April, previously told the Daily Star: "We sat there like, 'Holy s**t, what the f*** is this?'<\/p>\n
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"It's an eye-opener and a life changing experience that everyone doesn\u2019t need to see. Everyone needs to see it but they don\u2019t need to see it at the same time.<\/p>\n
"Everyone was there. You just look round at people\u2019s faces and everyone has a cartoon face like all mouth and jaw and they are thinking, 'What is this…'".<\/p>\n
Vicky was forced to retire in 2016 due to health problems, including a diagnosis of uterine cancer. Speaking to Spanish news outlet El Espanol, she said: "We were born and we have to die. But I don't want to die."<\/p>\n
But all was not lost for the legendary Sticky Vicky show. Daughter Maria took up the baton and carried on Vicky's X-rated act.<\/p>\n
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