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Gemma Jones

YOU WONT BELIEVE: First dates barman merlin griffiths gives health update amid cancer battle - You Need To See This

First Dates bartender Merlin ­Griffiths has given a health update amid his ongoing cancer battle.

The Channel 4 star announced that he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September of last year. He told of how he was set to face a year of treatment with doctors telling him he has a 75% chance of living more than five years. Medics found a 4.5cm stage three tumour.

Now, six months on, the 46-year-old has said that he is due to undergo “robotic surgery” in under a month, as he continues his cancer journey. He announced the news on Twitter.

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