{"id":617894,"date":"2026-10-01T23:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617894\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T23:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:40:08","slug":"charity-staff-deeply-saddened-by-death-of-dame-esther-rantzen-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617894\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity staff &#039;deeply saddened&#039; by death of Dame Esther Rantzen &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE9KMWQ5OThqMVpjZTNTLWJHVzcxRFJQT19aaEdINW5kcmpDZzlOMW1HQU0wdi15RmxWb29UOWF4RlRzeDQteExoRzdYVkg4dExrR0tIYTNSSUU2bXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Charity staff &#8216;deeply saddened&#8217; by death of Dame Esther Rantzen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQNnRYSzlFSERxZXYxU3ZrZi1IX0l6SW1Ya1AwS2NyNnptU3kyT1VVckxQVzk5NWxzY3N1OF9JNjJ1T0xZLUU5d2lyTmppd0plX0ZlQ2FyNjlzTzUxZXdNaWJMbXVKbXZReXJQdGdTQTZSWE14aGlVXzFqTHNiX1lNd3YxekZrQlM2UC1Hb3VvTmQxY3ZnSTJrWS1DbnJ6QV9NM2JzWUxhZFBPa3Fsdmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TV star Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nzherald.co.nz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOdTI3N1FqdF9zRUhtTUZMZGdILWh2TGJvN0hGVFp6a05oRVNWOUg3TDEwcjJiQWJ1WFlNd0l0NmVUSU41VERCM2V5Ym41WEs0Y096eEZESkxLcnZ0SzZ2X1RLT2o0ekJCQTBGdGUyTWFHZUkzQUhsSlJWNE9nNklZVFNXdzFGN1NhVUYxNzYyTGszbWJxRm5TWnNkT1JjdFpNLWNmMWRVNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dame Esther Rantzen obituary: presenter and founder of Childline<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPa0RTdEFDTE9Eam1hbVQ1ZnBRMWp1YlJCWmdUNGdZS1JnVW9GanlGdlFuYU1wdkx2c3lBWWJDc1ZVaU5IYkx2SmZtb2RnQWFUYmtndEh5a2wzaldiSkF6Y0M2MWNVcmRPcjFLQkgyMHBqc28xQ1UwajA2WDYyN0hnYjV2WUVGOURuYXZ6MnpkN3V6ZlY3ckQyTHpvRDlvX05ja2VuWlJBQkdKQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Smashing glass ceilings, Strictly and a courageous final sign-off: Esther Rantzen\u2019s 10 best TV moments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNelRSVXlxUnVnSHBPeGQydUEyaEhOYTJHU2RNWkJiWUh5TmNCd1VXVktQUW1WVWdCZ2t3cVRBdzBVdkZZWVAzRU1oTXdqVmlmajdVN0w3WV9McjNVcmQ4aGQ2WjlwcWtqUmowZjVoZW5EYWl6SE1CYXJMTGxzWnVydGVmRWZMbVc5UFN1bjVYLTZuZXpMazg2ZnJVSDFmMWx2OU54cFZDU1MtaDFQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dame Esther Rantzen, presenter of That\u2019s Life! who became a formidable charity campaigner \u2013 obituary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charity staff &#8216;deeply saddened&#8217; by death of Dame Esther Rantzen&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTV star Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86&nbsp;&nbsp;nzherald.co.nzDame Esther&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-617894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}