On April 25th, the funeral for actress Tanaka Yoshiko was held in Tokyo, during which a special message from the star was played. Tanaka had passed away due to breast cancer on April 21st.

Below is the translated message from Tanaka Yoshiko herself to her guests.

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Hello, this is Tanaka Yoshiko. �Today is March 29th. �It's been two weeks since the Great Tohoku Knato Earthquake�occurred. �When I think of people who have been sufferd, my heart is in pain as if it would explode. �I offer all the people who passed away �my deepest condolences.

Although I've been trying to fight against the illness, I might lose to it. �But I promise that I will try to help the victims from heaven. �I think that's my duty.

Today, I leave this message since I wanted to thank all of you here.

Thank you so much for taking good care of me ever since I debuted with Candies. �I had really happy life. �I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Especially to my fellow members Ran-san and �Miki-san - Thank you. �I loved you guys very much.

I wanted to appear in more movies. �I wanted to act more on TV. �I wanted to continue being an actress.

Though I want to continue to tell all of you how thankful I am, I'm running out of breath.

Someday, I will revive like my sister-in-row, Natsume Masako, to repay all of you who have been supporting me, and the society. �Kazu-san (her husband), please take care of it.

Until then, good bye.

(Note: Natsume Masako passed away due to�leukemia�in 1985, and a cancer organization under her name "Natsume Masako sun flower fund" was established using her inheritance in 1993.)

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Many celebrities and �the fans visited her funeral, and sent her with blue ribbons which was her image color during her Candies days.

Source & Photo: Oricon
Video: ANN News channel on YouTube