PLATELL’S PEOPLE: Brave Deborah James is showing that we can have a ‘good death’ 

As Deborah James faces death with awe-inspiring bravery, she says she wants ‘one last cuddle’ with her husband and their two young children.

The former deputy head teacher who is suffering terminal bowel cancer says she hopes to ‘slip away listening to my family, to hear their banter and the normal buzz of life’.

The 40-year-old’s magnificent attitude expresses what most of us must feel — that the best way to end life is to be surrounded by those who love us most.