Eamonn Holmes has revealed the last words Dame Deborah James said to him before she passed away as he gave tribute to the brave BBC podcaster. Deborah died on Tuesday 28 June at the age of 40 surrounded by family after battling stage four bowel cancer.The star opened up about her fight on social media as she received at-home hospice care in the last weeks of her life and amassed millions of fans with her honesty about suffering with the disease.