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Zoe Delaney Showbiz Reporter & Jacob Farr

Former A Place In The Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin opens up on last Christmas fear

TV star Jonnie Irwin has said that he may find it difficult getting through the Christmas period this year due to his heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis.

Best known for presenting ‘ A Place In The Sun’ the presenter, 49, stated that his diagnosis meant that his stage four lung cancer had spread to his brain and that doctors told him he only had months to live.

Jonnie, who is father to three children, heralded his wife Jessica Holmes for helping him maintain a positive mindset and to put his remaining time into creating as many happy memories with his family, the Mirror reports.

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