Inspirational Dame Deborah James passed away earlier this week and her death has rocked the country. Friend of the dame Lorraine Kelly has said that she is finding the death of Deborah hard to get over.
TV presenter Lorraine said that she "still hasn't processed" the death of Dame Deborah who lost her battle with cancer. On TV show Lorraine thehost paid tribute to podcast star Dame Deborah but fought back tears as she did so.
On today's show Lorraine explained there is a new social media trend that has been created in memory of Dame Deborah. People are now "raising a glass for Debs" across the social media site Instagram and Lorraine encouraged anyone who loved and admired Deborah to join in reports the Echo.
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The show then placed a picture of Deborah's parents clinking glasses onto the screen. Lorraine then said: "Dame Deborah James' parents are raising a glass in honour of their inspirational daughter.
"Now they're calling for pals of Deborah to do the same and everybody that loved her or admired her - all of us can do this. It's a new trend. It started on Instagram following her death earlier on this week, of course, which I still haven't processed to be honest. But shall we do this, for Deborah?"
Lorraine then posed holding a glass for a picture that would then be put on Instagram. Lorraine then added: "And we shall do that for our Deborah."
Dame Deborah was a mum-of-two and she created the fundraising page called BowelBabe to raise money for Cancer Research UK. She was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer shortly before Christmas back in 2016 aged just 35.
She then died surrounded by her family on Tuesday weeks after she announced she had stopped active treatment. She then confirmed she was then receiving end of life care at her parents house.
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