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Esther Rantzen

British broadcaster and founder of Childline

World · Esther Rantzen laid to rest as final note urges assisted dying reform

Dame Esther Rantzen has been laid to rest in a private funeral, her family has confirmed, as they released a final note in which the broadcaster and Childline founder urged campaigners to continue fighting for assisted dying reform, writing that she was 'deprived of any choice over my own death' by the current law.