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Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

Dame Deborah James raises incredible £11.3million from fund set up in her final weeks

Dame Deborah James raised a staggering £11.3 million for charity from a fund set up in the last weeks of her life, it has been revealed.

The journalisauthor and podcast host died at the age of 40 surrounded by her family in June last year following a brave five-year battle with bowel cancer.

She began her social media campaign, named Bowelbabe, shortly after her diagnosis to increase awareness of the disease and raise money for charity.

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