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Esther Rantzen admits ‘this is probably my last spring’ as she spends ‘precious’ time with grandchildren
The Independent
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2/29/2024
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It's a constant background to everything I do. I'm watching the spring flowers come out,
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thinking this is probably my last spring. When I talk to my grandchildren, when they come and
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visit me, I'm very aware that these moments are precious. They may be the last memories they have
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of me. So, my own death is constantly in my mind. It would give me so much confidence if I could
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also know that however the illness progresses, whatever pain is caused, wherever it strikes me
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next, I will still have the choice of a pain-free, dignified, private death surrounded by people I
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love. David:
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Dame Esther Ransom, thank you very much.
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