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Jonnie Irwin 'wants people to learn' from his 'mistake' as he battles terminal cancer

Jonnie Irwin has revealed that he made a huge 'mistake' amid his terminal cancer diagnosis which he 'wants people to learn' from.

The former A Place in the Sun host was given just six months to live back in August 2020, after being prompted to receive medical advice when his vision became blurred at the wheel.

He was told that he had developed lung cancer which had sadly spread to his brain, in a life-changing diagnosis kept secret from the public until November last year. Now, the Channel 4 favourite is trying to educate others on the condition, and the importance of taking out critical illness insurance when he didn't.

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