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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Green

Bowelbabe Fund hitting £7m hailed as ‘fitting tribute’ to Dame Deborah James

Dame Deborah James’s Bowelbabe Fund reaching £7 million in donations following her death is a “fitting legacy and tribute”, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK has said.

The podcast host, who died on Tuesday aged 40 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016, launched the fund in early May after announcing she had stopped active treatment and was receiving end-of-life care.

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