 Before her death she named a selection of three Lowry works that then became the focus of the exhibition "Exploding Pictures" at the Lowry in Salford, the major holding of the artist's work.Shelley Rohde died on 6 December 2007, after a ten-year struggle against cancer.She leaves four children (Gavin, Christian, Daniel and Michelle) and three grandchildren (Billy, Solomon and Rowan).