Dale Bowes dead: Channel 4 Steph’s Packed Lunch star dies after terminal cancer diagnosis as colleagues pay tribute
STEPH'S Packed Lunch star Dale Bowes has died at age 28 after battling terminal cancer.
Dale appeared as a Lunchmate on the Channel 4 show in 2023.
He had been battling incurable synovial sarcoma of the left lung since mid-2021.
Talk TV's Gavin Wilson today led tributes to the star on Instagram.
Along with a picture of the pair, he wrote: "RIP Mr Dale Bowes.
"A much loved Lunchmate of our @stephlunch @packedlunchc4 family!"
A GoFundMe page raising funds for the star's funeral reports that Dale took a turn for the worse last month before he sadly passed away this morning.
It explains: "In March 2024, we got the news we had been dreading.
"There were no more treatment options for Dale as he had become too unwell.
"Dale was transferred to the care of St Gemma’s Hospice and returned home.
"Within a week, Dale was placed on an oxygen machine at home. Dale continued to get worse until he was admitted into St Gemma’s Hospice on the 25th of March 2024 for end-of-life care.
"Dale continued to fight despite all of the odds and is an inspiration to us all."
In March last year while on the show, Dale gave his thoughts on assistant dying after his diagnosis.
He told Steph: "I've been told that current treatments will not cure my cancer.
"One of the treatments could help me but at the moment if I deteriorate into a situation where I'm suffering I think it should be the decision of the person who is going through that."