I have terminal cancer but 'I'm as happy as ever’

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Dec 26, 20249:02News & Politics

Former aid worker Simon Boas, whose essays about his feelings towards life and death went viral, died in July aged 47. He was told he had terminal throat cancer in 2023 and began writing about his experiences in his loca...

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