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Jonnie Irwin heartbreakingly kept his terminal cancer a secret from his three young sons


Jonnie Irwin, whose death at 50 was announced on Friday, heartbreakingly kept the fact he was ill from his three sons with his wife Jessica Holmes

Born in 1973, Jonnie Irwin grew up in Bitteswell, Leicestershire, and attended Lutterworth Grammar School and Community College before becoming an estate agent. In 2004, Irwin was selected from hundreds of applicants alongside co-presenter Jasmine Harman to present Channel 4's show A Place In The Sun - Home Or Away. Outside of presenting, he is also a commercial director for Judicare, which describes itself as a 'specialist law firm providing clients with legal advice on all matters related to overseas property'.

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