Don't whine - laugh Roy Castle

Mr Castle had never smoked, but said he contracted his illness after years of playing in smoky jazz clubs early in his career.

He said in a documentary about his disease: "Whilst playing the trumpet in smoky rooms I inhaled great gulps of air - you have to fill your lungs."

Mr Castle raised millions of pounds in the last two years of his life to fund an international cancer centre in Liverpool.

Despite his obviously weak state, he embarked on a nationwide "Tour of Hope" less than two months before his death.

He had always been determined to carry on with his public activities for as long as possible.

In an interview for BBC television he urged fellow sufferers to live as normal a life as they possibly could.

"Don't whine - laugh," he said.

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