Dame Deborah Anne James was born on 1st October in year 1981 and died on 28th June 2022, know her health, illness, cause of death, age, biography, husband, Instagram
Dame was an English journalist, an educator, and a podcast host and charity campaigner from London.
Dame Deborah Anne James Cause Of Death, Obituary, Symptoms, Life Biography, Age, Family, Husband, Book, Instagram And Net Worth
In year 2016, Dame Deborah Anne James was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer and went on to host the You, Me and the Big C podcast on BBC Radio 5 about her struggles with her illness. She passed away in 2022 as her symptoms worsened and her health regressed.
Rest In Peace Dame Deborah James.
You will be forever loved, always missed and never forgotten.
Thoughts, love, hugs and prayers to your family and friends.#DameDeborahJames pic.twitter.com/K54Dzks3gP— All On The Board (@allontheboard) June 28, 2022
Dame Deborah James was awarded her damehood by Prince William who didn’t wait for an official ceremony but went to her house to personally give her the honour🎖
They enjoyed afternoon tea and champagne together with her family and she described it as such a “special memory” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Ki55YevUcd
— Kayla Adams (@KaylaAdams___) June 28, 2022
Dame Deborah Anne James was born to Alistair and Heather James. 40 Dame completed her bachelor’s in economics at Exeter University. Deborah was parent to Hugo, 14, and Eloise, 12, with her husband Sebastien, had been spending the last few weeks at her parents home in Woking.
Dame James was a deputy head teacher specializing in computer science and e-learning by profession at the Salesian School, Chertsey, and later on, moved to the Matthew Arnold School in the Staines-upon-Thames where she worked up until her diagnosis with bowel cancer. She started working as a journalist and columnist for The Sun, detailing her cancer journey.
In March 2018, she started presenting the You, Me and the Big C podcast for BBC Radio 5, alongside fellow cancer patients Lauren Mahon and Rachael Bland, the latter of who died in September 2018. In October of 2018, she released her book named, F*** You Cancer: How to Face the Big C, Live Your Life and Still Be Yourself.
In June of year 2021, after undergoing multiple treatments, James Dame stated, “her cancer was moving in “the wrong direction” and that the drugs she was relying on were no longer effective”. In May of 2022, James uploaded an update on her condition on social media, stating that she was receiving hospice-at-home care and that “her body just couldn’t continue anymore”.
Less than 48 hours after her post, over £3 million was raised for her campaign, the Bowelbabe Fund. Two days later, Dame James was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). Her damehood was conferred on her by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at her family home.
In 2022, Dame came to further prominence after setting up a cancer fund that raised £1.5 million in just 24 hours. At the time of her death, the fund had reached nearly £7 million Euros.
Dame Deborah Anne James’s Net Worth
Dame Deborah Anne James was estimated to have a net worth of nearly around $1 million as of 2022.