‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’ star and paranormal investigator Dale Bowes has died aged 28 after combating terminal most cancers.
‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’ star and paranormal investigator Dale Bowes has died aged 28 after combating terminal most cancers
He was a ‘Lunchmate’ on 41-year-old Steph McGovern’s Channel 4 present in 2023, and had been combating incurable synovial sarcoma of the left lung since 2021.
Within the weeks main as much as his loss of life, he mentioned he was struggling so badly he might now not take pleasure in his ghost-hunts in West Yorkshire.
Discuss TV’s Gavin Wilson in the present day led tributes to the star on Instagram, posting
alongside an image of him and Dale: “RIP Mr Dale Bowes. A a lot liked Lunchmate of our @stephlunch @packedlunchc4 household!”
A GoFundMe web page elevating funds for Dale’s funeral says his situation worsened final month.
It added: “In March 2024, we acquired the information we had been dreading. There have been no extra remedy choices for Dale as he had turn into too unwell.
“Dale was transferred to the care of St Gemma’s Hospice and returned residence.
“Inside per week, Dale was positioned on an oxygen machine at residence. Dale continued to worsen till he was admitted into St Gemma’s Hospice on the twenty fifth of March 2024 for end-of-life care.
“Dale continued to combat regardless of the entire odds and is an inspiration to us all.”
Dale’s bio on Instagram reads: “I used to do bits on TV. Now I’ve terminal most cancers. West Yorkshire Paranormal Investigator.”
He mentioned in one in all his closing posts on the location at Christmas: “Spent the evening with @west_yorkshire_paranormal_ltd_ at Todmorden Unitarian Church. Not very a lot exercise on this event from what I noticed however however a ravishing Church. Ice chilly and in a lot ache, I left slightly early to get again to my lodge and relaxation.”
His final social media publish was a tribute to the victims of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In March 2023, Dale shared his ideas on assistant dying on ‘Steph’s Packed Lunch’, telling Steph on her now-axed present: “I’ve been advised that present therapies won’t treatment my most cancers.
“One of many therapies might assist me however for the time being if I deteriorate right into a scenario the place I’m struggling I believe it must be the choice of the individual who’s going via that.”