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‘I want my last days to be full of joy and happiness’: James Valentine’s final years filmed for ABC TV

Broadcaster, musician and author James Valentine told a gathering of family and friends that he wanted his last days to be full of joy and laughter after being given a terminal cancer diagnosis earlier this year.

“I started to think about the way in which death was so often a time of bitterness, of anger, of regret, shaking your fist at the universe or your god and going, ‘what the hell is going on here?’ I don’t want that,” the much-loved Sydney personality said during a living wake that was filmed for an emotional episode of the ABC’s Australian Story that screened on Monday night.

VIDEO: A Year of Living Gratefully | James Valentine

Curious, whimsical and a true lover of conversation, broadcaster James Valentine was one-of-a-kind. (Australian Story: Tom Hancock)

When broadcaster James Valentine was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer two and half years ago, he was offered two different treatment options by two different doctors. Both carried risk.

He chose the treatment that that let him keep doing what he loved — presenting radio, playing sax and enjoying food.

Australian Story followed James Valentine over 12 months as he made peace with his decision and turned his thoughts to dying well.   

ABC feature article | Radio star James Valentine shares what he learnt in his 'year of living gratefully'

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