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Jonnie Irwin says he wants 'same opportunities for fun' despite cancer diagnosis

A Place In The Sun's Jonnie Irwin has asked that those living with incurable illnesses are given "the same opportunities for fun and living" as everyone else.

The 48-year-old who was diagnosed with lung cancer, which has spread to his brain, says that the word Cancer is "loaded".

Father-of-three Jonnie, who previously said he did not know “how much time I have left”, has said he wants others to treat him as a “normal human being” and not mollycoddle him.

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