Dame Deborah Jones died at age 40 after fighting bowel cancer for six years. She was a cancer activist, blogger, podcaster, and former teacher.
Dame Deborah Anne Jones was a London-based English journalist, teacher, podcast host, and charity worker. On June 28, 2022, she passed away.
In 2016, she was told she had bowel cancer that would kill her. She then talked about her struggles with the disease on the You, Me, and the Big C podcast on BBC Radio 5.
She also started the Bowelbabe Fund to raise money for research on how to treat cancer patients individually. She chose to stay with her parents in Woking, Surrey, where Prince William gave her the title “dame” in May.
Dame Deborah Jones
Podcaster: Dame Deborah Jones Death From Bowel Cancer
English journalist, teacher, podcaster, and charity worker from London named Dame Deborah Jones died on June 28, 2022. A post on her Instagram account told people that she had died.
After being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016, Dame Deborah, also known online as “Bowel Babe,” said in May that she was getting end-of-life care at her parents’ house in Woking with her husband Sebastien and their two children present.
In a statement posted on Instagram, her family said, “We are heartbroken to tell you that Dame Deborah James has died. She was the most amazing wife, daughter, sister, and mother.” Today, Deborah died peacefully with her family and friends by her side.
Dame Deborah Jones’s Husband Sebastian & Her Two Children
Sebastian Bowen, a City banker, is Dame Deborah Jones’s husband. The couple has been married for 14 years and has two kids together.
They have a 14-year-old son named Hugo and a 12-year-old daughter named Eloise. In 2016, they were getting a divorce. A month before Deborah found out she had terminal bowel cancer, they got back together. He has been by her side ever since.
“Don’t get taken for a ride, don’t marry a bimbo,” the “bowel babe” told her 42-year-old City banker husband, pleading with him to find love after she died.
What Is Dame Deborah Jones’s Net Worth At Death?
At the time of her death, Dame Deborah Jones had a net worth of about $2 million. She made her money by working as an English journalist, teacher, podcast host, and charity worker.
She was a deputy head teacher at the Salesian School in Chertsey, where she focused on computer science and e-learning. She then moved to Staines-upon-Thames to work at the Matthew Arnold School, where she stayed until she was told she had colon cancer.
Deborah became better known after she started a cancer charity in May 2022 that raised £1.5 million in just 24 hours. When she died, the fund had almost £6 million in it.
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