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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
James Rodger

A Place In The Sun's Jonnie Irwin pinpoints first sign of cancer before terminal diagnosis

Jonnie Irwin has shared the first signs of cancer and recalled the devastating moment he told his wife it was terminal. The 49-year-old Place in the Sun star revealed his terminal cancer diagnosis last year, Birmingham Live reports.

He has bravely battled on and says he is determined to make the most of every minute with with children Rex, three, twins Rafa and Cormac, two, and beloved wife Jess. He said: "I had to go home and tell my wife, who was looking after our babies, that she was on her own pretty much. That was devastating. All I could do was apologise to her. I felt so responsible."

“It's amazing to think I too could speak to my wife and children after I pass away," he told the BBC earlier this year. "My diagnosis has taken a lot from me but it has given me the ability to prepare.

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