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Speaker 1: Of course, the news today is that Nigel Latter has

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Speaker 1: passed away at the age of fifty eight after a

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Speaker 1: battle with gastric cancer. Now Nigel was known for his

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Speaker 1: work on parenting and healthy eating. He fronted shows like

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Speaker 1: The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show and Is Sugar Than New Fat.

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Speaker 1: He was also the ambassador for Kenzie's Gift, which is

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Speaker 1: a charity that supports children and families affected by death.

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Speaker 1: Nick Russell is the founder of Kenzi's Gift and a

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Speaker 1: friend of Nigel Latter.

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Speaker 2: Hei Nick, Hi, hother, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm very well, thank you. Tough news for you today.

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Speaker 1: I'd imagine it was.

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Speaker 2: Very tough news. It's very such for everyone concerned that

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Speaker 2: knew in the massing Man that nigelata was. So it's

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Speaker 2: our heart's really great today to has to family on

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Speaker 2: this loved ones, because they will be doing it really

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Speaker 2: tough and the times I had, so our heart's really

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Speaker 2: with them today.

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Speaker 1: Nick, am I right in thinking this was completely unexpected

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Speaker 1: because while he had cancer, he's sort of he was

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Speaker 1: under the impression he had years.

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Speaker 2: I mean that was I mean, it's always unexpected when

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Speaker 2: it comes and I think gets and you just never

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Speaker 2: know what when you're living with cancer, what will occur?

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Speaker 2: So while it might be unexpected, you know, it's it's

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Speaker 2: the nature of living with you know, incurable cancer. We

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Speaker 2: just don't know what it's going to turn out. So

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Speaker 2: unfortunately for Nigel and his family it's it's come all

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Speaker 2: too soon and for all of us that it's going

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Speaker 2: to be shocked by his death today. So yeah, it's

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Speaker 2: it's it's hard, but that, unfortunately is the nature for

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Speaker 2: living with this awful illness.

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Speaker 1: Now, look, how did you how did he get involved

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Speaker 1: with your your charity?

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Speaker 2: Well, I set up Kensy's Gift after my little one

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Speaker 2: died back in two thousand and five, and I sit

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Speaker 2: up in two thousand and eight and it's seen and

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Speaker 2: heard Nigel. He had done a couple of his parenting talks,

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Speaker 2: and he loved his forthrightness, his honesty, his pragmatism, and

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Speaker 2: I thought, I'd love to have Nagel as the ambassador

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Speaker 2: and where such a little charity. He would just really

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Speaker 2: help us, you know, alone, And so I emailed them,

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Speaker 2: not expecting that you know, a celebrity and well known

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Speaker 2: kai such as Nigel would ever get back to me,

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Speaker 2: and he did, and we went and met for a

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Speaker 2: coffee at his favorite cafe in Mount Aiden, and we

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Speaker 2: had a chat and for about an hour, and and

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Speaker 2: that relationship was born from there, really, And it wasn't

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Speaker 2: until the years and later that he told me Nick

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Speaker 2: had actually planned and saying no, but when I got there,

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Speaker 2: when we sat down, I couldn't. And and thank god

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Speaker 2: he didn't. And and because when we met, actually he

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Speaker 2: said to me, Nick, do you really want me? He said,

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Speaker 2: because I I say things that offend people, and and

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Speaker 2: and people can be quite critical of some of the

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Speaker 2: things I say. I said, you said, as Nigel, And yeah,

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Speaker 2: I really we really wanted him on board, and yeah,

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Speaker 2: and and he joined and the rest is history. Really

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Speaker 2: an amazing, amazing man. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: How many parents do you Reckon raised his raise their

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Speaker 1: kids on his books?

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Speaker 2: Oh gosh, I think probably a whole generation.

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Speaker 1: Have you got?

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Speaker 2: I do have one. It's you know, and and raisings

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Speaker 2: as well, like my son's No. Twenty five and some

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Speaker 2: of his talks where we've been to we've got some

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Speaker 2: seget base from Nigel about raising said boys. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: I definitely think a whole generation of Keyes have been

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Speaker 2: raised on his wise words of wisdom.

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Speaker 1: Really yeah yeah, Nick, thanks very much, really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Nick Russell, Kenzie's Gift founder and fringe of friend of

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Speaker 1: Nigel latter I.

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