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Children's television icon Johnny Ball has confirmed that he has been privately battling prostate cancer . The 87-year-old, who exploded onto TV screens hosting Play School in 1967, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August 2022. ‌

He revealed to the Mirror that "thankfully, after three months of daily radiation treatment , starting in the September, I'm through it, I'm fine." ‌

Johnny, who undergoes yearly examinations, doesn't take beating prostate cancer lightly and points to his friends Harry Secombe and Bob Monkhouse who sadly didn't survive the disease . ‌

"I'm 20 years younger than them and I am lucky, because now we can cure it," he said, before adding: "You've got to cash in on what's wonderful about life today and stop dwelling on what's

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