A final message from Dame Deborah James said: “Find a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deeply; have no regrets; and always, always have rebellious hope. And finally, check your poo – it could just save your life.”It’s because the 40-year-old British superstar battled bowel cancer for a short time before passing away today surrounded by herDeborah James, a cancer activist and “inspirational” podcaster, passed away on Tuesday “peacefully,” and tributes are pouring in.
Days before Christmas in 2016, the mother-of-two, also known as BowelBabe to her hordes of Instagram followers, received the devastating news that her bowel cancer was terminal. She was 35 years old.