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Daily Mirror
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Lucy Needham

Jonnie Irwin shares how he'll tell kids about cancer amid fears 'they won't remember me'

A Place in the Sun host Jonnie Irwin has bravely opened up about the prospect of sharing news of his terminal cancer diagnosis to his young children.

The Channel 4 star, 49, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020 but was told this year he had just 'months' to live after the disease spread to his brain.

The dad is now preparing to spend what he believes will likely be his last Christmas with wife Jess and their children; son Rex and two-year-old twins Cormac and Rafa.

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