. "12316"^^ . . . . . . "Z\u00FCrich, Switzerland"@en . . "1944"^^ . . . . . . "2012-07-04"^^ . . . "Jane Leighton (17 March 1944 \u2013 4 July 2012) was an English healthcare campaigner and television producer. The oldest of three children, she abandoned school halfway through her studies to take up a secretarial course and her first job was as the secretary to the managing director of Anglia Television. Leighton's campaigning on healthcare issues began in 1974 at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and successfully campaigned for improvements to services lacking their own lobbying group at the Liverpool Community Health Council. Her efforts impressed Granada Television who invited her to work on the news programme World in Action. Leighton worked at the Littlewoods retail company to devise an equal opportunities employment system which won her an award and was later employed by Mersey Television as the general manager for the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. She returned to Granada in 1990 as head of public affairs and helped the company retain its television franchise. After leaving in 1992, Leighton embarked on a portfolio career which saw her serve as either a member or chair of various organisations. She joined Dignitas after learning of cancer in February and travelled to Switzerland where she took her own life five months later."@en . . "55723289"^^ . . . . . . . . "1944-03-17"^^ . . . . . "2012"^^ . . "1944-03-17"^^ . . . . . . . . "Jane Leighton"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "1960"^^ . . "2012"^^ . . . . . . . "Healthcare campaigner, television producer"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Hemsby, Norfolk, England"@en . . . "1960.0"^^ . . . . . . "1058499368"^^ . . . . "Jane Leighton"@en . . . . "Jane Leighton"@en . . . . . . . . "British"@en . . . "Jane Leighton (17 March 1944 \u2013 4 July 2012) was an English healthcare campaigner and television producer. The oldest of three children, she abandoned school halfway through her studies to take up a secretarial course and her first job was as the secretary to the managing director of Anglia Television. Leighton's campaigning on healthcare issues began in 1974 at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and successfully campaigned for improvements to services lacking their own lobbying group at the Liverpool Community Health Council. Her efforts impressed Granada Television who invited her to work on the news programme World in Action."@en . . . "2012-07-04"^^ . . . . . . .