What is Esther Rantzen?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Dame]] | name = Esther Rantzen | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} | image = Esther Rantzen - Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022 - Platinum Pageant (52123378342).jpg | caption = Rantzen in 2022 | birth_name = Esther Louise Rantzen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1940|6|22}} | birth_place = [[Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire]], England | education = {{ubl|[[Buckley Country Day School]]|[[North London Collegiate School]]}} | alma_mater = [[Somerville College, Oxford]] | occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|television presenter}} | years_active = 1968–present | spouse = {{marriage|[[Desmond Wilcox]]|December 1977|6 September 2000|end=died}} | children = 3, including [[Rebecca Wilcox|Rebecca]] }} '''Dame Esther Louise Rantzen''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter. She presented the [[BBC]] television series ''[[That's Life!]]'' for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with many charities and founded the charities [[Childline]] and [[The Silver Line]]. In January 2023, Rantzen announced that she had been diagnosed with [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/esther-rantzen-lung-cancer-b2271393.html|title='I'm optimistic': Esther Rantzen says she has lung cancer which has 'spread'|website=Independent|last=Vassell|first=Nicole|date=29 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/esther-rantzen-shares-lung-cancer-diagnosis_uk_63d65141e4b07c0c7e040f4e|title=Dame Esther Rantzen Shares Lung Cancer Diagnosis|website=HuffPost|last=Welsh|first=Daniel|date=29 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> In May 2023, Rantzen announced that her lung cancer had reached stage IV.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment