The mother of Dame Deborah James has spoken of how her daughter "always enjoyed her life" and was so positive "right up to the last breath she took". Heather James appeared on ITV’s Lorraine to mark the release of Deborah’s book 'How To Live When You Could Be Dead'.
Campaigner Deborah, who was also known by her social media handle Bowelbabe, sadly died in June this year at the age of 40, after being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016. In her final months, the presenter of the You, Me And The Big C podcast raised almost £7million for cancer research through her Bowelbabe fund.
In her first studio interview since Deborah's death, Heather paid a loving tribute to her daughter and revealed her loss is becoming harder as time passes. “We knew she’d come home to die, but you still have that little bit of hope, ‘Did they get it wrong?’," She told host Christine Lampard.
