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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Morris

Actor Finnian Garbutt enters hospice care with terminal skin cancer

  • Hope Street actor Finnian Garbutt, 28, has entered hospice care after being diagnosed with untreatable skin cancer, which he revealed is rapidly progressing.
  • Garbutt, who played PC Ryan Power on BBC One, was diagnosed with stage 3 skin cancer in 2021 and was told 18 months ago that his condition had become incurable.
  • He shared on Instagram that he is now in the last stages of his life and has stopped actively promoting his GoFundMe page, which has raised nearly £85,000.
  • Garbutt learned his cancer had spread to his liver and lungs just two weeks before his daughter, Saoirse, was born in 2024.
  • He started the GoFundMe to provide financial security for his wife, Louise, and their daughter, expressing his desire to ensure they are not financially stressed.

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