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Stephanie Colderick

A Place in the Sun's Jonnie Irwin 'overwhelmed' by support after cancer diagnosis

A Place in the Sun star Jonnie Irwin is "overwhelmed" by "kind messages" after he announced his terminal cancer diagnosis. The TV property star says he doesn't know how long he has left to live.

The father-of-three was diagnosed two years ago but kept his illness private until now. In an interview with Hello magazine, he made his diagnosis public and was flooded with messages of support.

He has now posted to Instagram to say he is "overwhelmed" with support and that he is getting around to reading all the messages. Jonnie said: "Overwhelmed by your kind messages, not had the chance to read them all yet but I assure you I will. Yesterday needed some headspace so I escaped to the country with my brother in law and his dog. It was a tonic. xx"

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