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The heartbreaking reason why Jonnie Irwin kept his lung cancer diagnosis a secret for two years
The A Place In The Sun star revealed in November his cancer had spread to his brain after first being diagnosed with the disease in 2020. He passed away on Friday at the age of 50.
Jonnie's wife Jessica described her beloved partner, with whom she shares sons Rex, five, and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac, as 'truly remarkable'. Born in 1973, Jonnie Irwin grew up in Bitteswell, Leicestershire, and attended Lutterworth Grammar School and Community College before becoming an estate agent. 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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