The Childline founder and broadcaster, 84, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023, and at one point was told she had just weeks to live.
Esther Rantzen's daughter, Rebecca Wilcox, revealed in an emotional interview that the cancer drug her mother was taking is no longer effective. Rantzen, 84, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023 and is a proponent of legalizing assisted dying in the UK, but her declining health prevents her from traveling to Dignitas in Switzerland.
