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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lauren Del Fabbro

Esther Rantzen plans early Christmas to give her chance of being ‘alive’ for it

Dame Esther Rantzen has said she is planning an official Christmas before December 25 to give her a greater chance of being “alive to enjoy it” with her family.

The Childline founder and former broadcaster, 85, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January 2023, and has since been a leading voice in the campaign to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

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