Claire Rayner became something of an institution in the 1980s Agony aunt Claire Rayner has died at the age of 79.
She worked for the Sunday Mirror during the 1980s and was named medical journalist of the year in 1987. She has also wrote a string of novels and appeared on countless TV shows.
A former nurse and midwife, for many years she was the president of the Patients’ Association.
She had been suffering from cancer for several years and in 2006 wrote about her illness on the BBC News website.
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