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Esther Rantzen dies at 86, leaving a legacy built to listen
The That’s Life! presenter turned national attention into Childline and The Silver Line. Her final campaign for assisted-dying reform remained unfinished.
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- What remains when a broadcaster who could command an audience of millions is no longer there to speak? In Dame Esther Rantzen’s case, the clearest answer is not a television archive. It is two services built to listen. Rantzen, who founded Childline and The Silver Line, died on 30 September 2026 aged 86, leaving institutions that outlasted the programme that made her famous.