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MOBOs founder Kanya King, 56, emotionally admits she didn't know if she'd make it to the 2025 awards as she is given surprise honour after revealing terminal cancer diagnosis

Ms. King's attendance at the event comes just weeks after announcing she has been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer and has just months to live.

Then, in September 2024, she finally received the devastating news that she had stage 4 bowel cancer that had spread to her liver and lymph nodes and was told it was terminal. She did her research and requested tweaks to the type and the dosage of her chemo, plus she eliminated all potentially carcinogenic foods from her diet and sticks to organic vegetables. It all began in 1969; Kanya grew up in a small council flat in Kilburn, north-west London, the youngest of nine children to her Ghanaian dad, Christian Ocloo, and her Irish mum

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