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Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86: the broadcaster who turned television into a lifeline

Her family said the That's Life! presenter and founder of Childline and The Silver Line died at her New Forest home, and praised her ‘endless capacity for joy’.

Lucy Fanshawe · 1 Oct

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