After a six-year fight with bowel cancer, Dame Deborah Jones, a cancer activist, writer, podcaster, and former teacher, passed away at the age of 40.
English journalist, educator, podcast host, and activist for philanthropic causes, Dame Deborah Anne Jones was based in London. On June 28, 2022, she passed away.
After being given a fatal bowel cancer diagnosis in 2016, she continued to talk about her battles with the condition on the BBC Radio 5 series You, Me and the Big C.
She also launched the Bowelbabe Fund to raise money for research on customized cancer therapy. She chose to stay put at her parents’ home in Woking, Surrey, where Prince William gave her a damehood in May.
Podcaster Bowel Cancer Kills Dame Deborah Jones
On June 28, 2022, Dame Deborah Jones, a journalist, educator, podcaster, and charity activist from London, tragically passed away. In a post on her Instagram account, her demise was acknowledged.
Dame Deborah, a.k.a. Bowel Babe online, said in May that she was getting end-of-life care at her parents’ Woking home with her husband Sebastien and their two children there. She had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016.
Her family made a statement on Instagram, saying, “We are heartbroken to announce the departure of Dame Deborah James; the most beautiful wife, daughter, sister, and mother. Deborah went away peacefully today with her loved ones by her side.
Sebastian Dame Deborah Jones husband and her two kids
The husband of Dame Deborah Jones is a City banker by the name of Sebastian Bowen. The pair has two kids together and has been married for 14 years.
Hugo, a 14-year-old boy, and Eloise, a 12-year-old daughter, are their children. A month before Deborah received the news that she had terminal bowel cancer in 2016, they rekindled their romance when they were going through a divorce. He has been on her side ever since.
The “bowel baby” has now begged her 42-year-old City banker husband to find love when she dies with the warning, “Don’t be taken for a ride, don’t marry a bimbo.”
What Was the Death Net Worth of Dame Deborah Jones?
Dame Deborah Jones had a net worth of about $2 million at the time of her passing. Her work as an English journalist, schoolteacher, podcast host, and charity advocate helped her amass her wealth.
She worked as the deputy head teacher at the Chertsey Salesian School, where she specialized in computer technology and online education. Later, she changed schools and began working at the Matthew Arnold School in Staines-upon-Thames, where she remained until being told she had colon cancer.
In May 2022, Deborah became more well-known for founding a cancer charity that raised £1.5 million in a single day. Almost £6 million was in the fund at the time of her death.