Esther Rantzen

Dame Esther Louise Rantzen  (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter. She presented the BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with many charities and founded the charities Childline and The Silver Line.

In January 2023, Rantzen announced that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer. In May 2023, Rantzen announced that her lung cancer had reached stage IV. In December 2023, she said that she had joined an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.

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