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Esther Rantzen now ‘too physically fragile’ to end her life in Switzerland
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Politics
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Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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The Guardian Politics
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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 after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023 Esther Rantzen has said she is no longer able to travel to Switzerland to end her life because she has become “too physically fragile”. 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 after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023. Continue reading...

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