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A Place in the Sun's Ben Hillman pays sweet tribute to Jonnie Irwin in awards speech

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A Place In The Sun star Ben Hillman gave a gushing speech at the TRIC Awards to his "fantastic" co-star Jonnie Irwin amid his terminal cancer battle.

The Channel 4 star and his co-stars accepted an award presented by Ellie Simmonds earlier this week as Ben acknowledged Jonnie's hard work on the property show.

The father-of-three, 49, was told he had 'months to live' as he focuses on spending as much time with his family - wife Jessica Holmes, and kids, Rex, four, and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac.Jonnie previously said that he felt "thrown on a scrap heap" by A Place In The Sun bosses after revealing his cancer diagnosis amid claims they couldn't insure him.

But Ben took to the stage at the awards ceremony and thanked his former co-star in the sweet speech. Ben said: "Wow. I am so sweaty I can't believe it.

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