RIP Esther Rantzen

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Sorry if there's another thread already - I did check.

Esther Rantzen has sadly passed away. I very much hope that she went peacefully and in a way that she wanted to. Have such huge respect for her for all of the incredible campaigning that she did through her lifetime.

Many people didn't have a phoneline to help children, whilst knowing about terrible abuse and saying nothing.

I hope her memory is a blessing to her family and all who knew her.

She was a very good egg.

Oh that is sad.

A brave woman. Her stance on assisted dying was commendable.

In just your opinion.

Well of course it is duh

Having seen my beloved Dad die a horrible death from cancer, I really hope she got a peaceful end and her family aren't traumatised from watching it.

It's taken me over 3 years to recover from seeing my Dad's last few weeks.

🙄missing the point...

Yes i agree about watching death and the flipping mental imprint of a person, you knew differently.

but that is something we must. Not shield ourselves from.

Well make your point then

She was amazing, brave and selfless. Condolences to her family.

She didn’t go because she wasn’t able to travel.

You said her legacy is tainted. I suggest many more people won't think that than will.

Because she left it too late, whilst savouring the moments she had left.

That is the point. People mostly cling on to every moment of their life where they have love, and support around them.

less so the lonely, vulnerable neglected and abused.

Rest in peace Esther.

That is very fine i spoke for me.

That's right - proving the point well made that people who travel to dignitas have to go while fit enough, ending their lives sooner than would've done had the option been available at home.

It saddens me she never got her wish, but she did an amazing job raising it these last few years.

RIP Esther Rantzen I’m so sad that she did not get the end to her life that she campaigned so tirelessly to achieve.

I have reached the age in life where finding out people like Esther have died really makes me melancholic and nostalgic. I think it's because I associate her with my childhood, and a time when we'd all sit and watch the same TV shows at the same time. Things seem to have changed so much in a short time.

I owe Childline (and Esther by proxy) an awful lot, possibly even my life to some extent.

I'm very sorry to hear this news. I hope she endured minimal suffering and is now peaceful.

Rest in peace Dame Esther 💗 a national treasure for sure 🥰

Many many many people knew about Jimmy Saville throughout the years. The staff at the BBC, some police, some journalists. People knew of this before Jimmy was dead, even after he died a journalist tried several of the major newspapers and they wouldn't publish it. The BBC blocked a story on it too. Christ, even Johnny Rotten spoke about his seediness back in the late 70's, and the BBC cut that part from the interview and was seemingly banned from the bbc radio.

I would argue that the victims were let down by many people in power for too many years but yeah, let's place the blame at Esther eh?

RIP to one of the few celebrities who walked the walk and made a difference to millions. What an amazing legacy she leaves behind!

So true never thought about it like that. I remember listening to a podcast of a woman who helped her mother go. She was arrested in this country when she got back. Took years for her to prove her mother wasn’t coerced into going and it was her free will. Didn’t realise that the expenses pay for your flight and accommodation for the one night but you then have to arrange for the ashes to be couriered back to you.

I still say 'sausages' like the speaking dog...
RIP Ether. Fond memories of being all bathed, ready for bed but allowed to stay up to watch That's Life.