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Jonnie Irwin's TV career: From 200 episodes of A Place In The Sun to Escape To The Country as the presenter dies aged 50


Jonnie, who has son Rex, five, and twins Rafa and Cormac, two, with wife Jessica claimed the reason he kept his illness a secret for so long was out of fear he wouldn't be able to 'feed the babies.'

Jonnie, who has son Rex, five, and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac with wife Jessica said he kept his illness a secret for a while due to fears he wouldn't be able to 'pay the bills' 'More recently, he did some truly inspirational reports for Morning Live about his illness, tackling taboos around end of life care, and wonderfully demonstrating the limitless positivity that he brought to everything he did. 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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