BBC Breakfast host announces star has 'three months to live' after cancer returns

BBC Breakfast took a heartbreaking turn on Sunday when Roger Johnson revealed that someone he'd become close to had been told they only had three months left to live.

During the show, Roger and Rachel Burden paused to discuss BBC Breakfast guest Warwick Smith, who had received a throat cancer diagnosis.

Although his original prognosis gave him six months to live, Warwick has now been told he has just three months remaining.

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Yet despite his devastating diagnosis, Warwick refuses to let his illness prevent him from reaching his target.

Rachel opened the segment by saying, "Back in 2022, Warwick Smith was told he had throat cancer and was given six months to live. Now, since then, he's raised almost £70,000 for cancer charities," reports the Express.

Roger went on: "Now, Warwick has been in touch with me quite a lot over the years. He sends me emails, and last month, he emailed me to say that the cancer had returned. It's in his ribs, his spine, his right lung, his liver, and in his brain.

"This time, he's been given three months to live. However, he wanted to do a 10k for Macmillan Cancer Support, which is pretty impressive.

"He couldn't do it in one go. He's just not healthy enough and just can't manage it. However, he set out to complete it in three separate stints, and earlier this week, I was there as he finished his final lap of his local lake."

In the footage, Warwick explained: "I don't want to fester and fade away. I know I have got to keep moving, to keep active, to keep going."

Roger narrated over a clip of Warwick taking a walk, stating: "It's some defiance from a man who's been given weeks to live, but this 67-year-old is a fighter, day by day, one step at a time, he keeps defying the odds."

He later revealed: "Warwick waited three months for the scan, which found his throat cancer. His brother had died from it.

"Now he's helped to purchase handheld scanners, which will revolutionise diagnosis in the future. Last week he got to see them."

In a poignant moment, Warwick confessed: "I've had a good life, and I think I'm doing something good. I just wanted to leave something good behind."

BBC Breakfast airs daily at 6am on BBC One.