Update: Esther Rantzen now ‘too physically fragile’ to end her life in Switzerland

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Broadcaster, 86, had intended to end her life in Swiss clinic following being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023 Esther Rantzen has stated she is no longer able to travel to Switzerland to end her life because she has become “too physically fragile”. The report also notes that Rantzen, who presented the TV current affairs programme That’s Life! for 21 years and founded the youth support charity Childline, had intended to end her life in a Dignitas assisted dying clinic in Switzerland following being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023.

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