Dame Deborah James: The Last Dance viewers hail her ‘incredible and inspirational’ as tribute leaves them sobbing

Dame Deborah James died aged 40 after battling bowel most cancers for 5 years (Image: Deborah James)

Viewers of Dame Deborah James: The Final Dance had been left in floods of tears on the stunning tribute to her life and legacy. 

The programme, which aired on BBC One on Thursday, two days after Dame Deborah died from bowel most cancers on the age of 40, charted her bravery throughout her five-year battle with the terminal illness. 

Buddies of the podcast host, together with Lorraine Kelly and Gaby Roslin, paid tribute to Dame Deborah’s unbelievable vitality and positivity even when she knew her life was coming to an finish after being moved to hospice care at house. 

Viewers had been moved by the scenes of Dame Deborah dancing and having fun with each second of her life, tweeting: ‘‘what a inspirational and superior girl. Deborah James such a unbelievable girl wow’.

Others added: ‘Dame Deborah James what a really great girl I’m in tears watching her’ and ‘Breaking my coronary heart watching Dame Deborah James on bbc1. Nobody deserves to undergo that, most cancers sucks!!! @bowelbabe RIP stunning girl’.

Some had been left in tears, admitting: ‘This Deborah James documentary is truthfully heartbreaking, could god relaxation her soul’ and ‘Watching the tribute to Dame Deborah James @bowelbabe on BBC1 in floods of tears, after which laughing the following. Inspiring.’

what a inspirational and superior girl .Deborah james such a unbelievable girl wow 🙏🙏

— Derek Mckinlay (@mckinlay_derek) June 30, 2022

Dame Deborah James what a really great girl I’m in tears watching her @bowelbabe

— Sharon S (@SSchiavo123) June 30, 2022

Breaking my coronary heart watching Dame Deborah James on bbc1. Nobody deserves to undergo that, most cancers sucks!!! @bowelbabe RIP stunning girl 🕊🤍

— Sharon 🦋 (@shazzamac1973) June 30, 2022

This Deborah James documentary is truthfully heartbreaking, could god relaxation her soul 😭💖

— Stacey Devlin (@StaceyDevlinx) June 30, 2022

Watching #DeborahJames and wow it’s each heartbreaking and galvanizing on the similar time!! 😢😢😢

— Nicki Kelly (@Nickik1979) June 30, 2022

Watching Dame Deborah James: The Final Dance. What a courageous girl. What ache she went by means of and her stunning spirit shines by means of even when dealing with loss of life. Actually places all of the little worries into perspective. @bowelbabe#DeborahJames#angel

— Kelli McRoberts (@KelliBagchus) June 30, 2022

Sobbing watching #DameDeborahJames on #bbc1 what an #inspirational girl @bowelbabe So fearless, courageous, stunning, clever. What an absolute #Legend 🫶🫶🫶🫶 till subsequent time ❣️❣️💔💔

— UpToonGirl (@cookieAngel420) June 30, 2022

#Lastdance#DeborahJames What a fantastically transferring tribute ❤️

— PIIshy (@IshyPi) June 30, 2022

@bowelbabe What a really inspirational girl you'll all the time be! The final half-hour has been each stunning and completely coronary heart wrenching. I’ve blubbered and smiled. #Inspirational

— Lee 🇺🇦 (@ANeonRainbow) June 30, 2022

Who else is sat watching @bowelbabe#bowelbabe#DeborahJames in tears?

RIP you amazingly courageous and delightful (inside and outside) … you've got been probably the most exceptional girl and greatest mum ever to your two beautiful children. 🥰😍

— Claire Lomas MBE (@claire80lomas) June 30, 2022

Dame Deborah’s dad and mom referred to as for viewers to boost a glass in her reminiscence whereas watching the present, sharing a photograph of them clinking glasses of pink wine. 

That they had shared the information of her loss of life on her Instagram account on Tuesday, writing: ‘We're deeply saddened to announce the loss of life of Dame Deborah James; probably the most superb spouse, daughter, sister, mummy.’

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Dame Deborah’s dad and mom raised a glass in her reminiscence because the programme aired (Image: Instagram)

The assertion revealed that she had ‘handed away peacefully, surrounded by her household’, including: ‘And some closing issues from Deborah…

‘“Discover a life value having fun with; take dangers; love deeply; don't have any regrets; and all the time, all the time have rebellious hope. And eventually, examine your poo – it might simply save your life.” x’