Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed she has been diagnosed with lung cancer, but said that she feels "optimistic".

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64445303?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Perhaps, the horror of watching Esther Rantzen die a lonely death will be the catalyst.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/24003030.right-die-esther-rantzens-agony-change-barbaric-laws/?ref=rss

Rantzen, 83, has stage-four lung cancer, which she announced earlier this year.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12882963/SARAH-VINE-Im-backing-Esther-Rantzens-call-debate-assisted-dying.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Rantzen was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer earlier this year, and her disease is not the type linked to smoking.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/07/veteran-bbc-presenter-esther-rantzen-working-studios-asbestos-lung-cancer-1235451012/