[LaLaLand]

This is sad. Passed away suddenly but peacefully according to his partner.

RIP Paul.

https://trib.al/JRNlWjL

[bitontheslide]

yep, he was certainly a character. Something we are lacking these days

[Mystic Mock]

Shocking news.

RIP

[arista]

Real Great Presenter
helped so much with Dogs
In recent years.


https://news.sky.com/story/paul-ogra...enter-12844612

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65108130

[AnnieK]

Sad news.

[arista]

China's Covid set him back
this last year.


Happy times, before Covid-19

[Vanessa]

Really sad news

[arista]

[Niamh.]

Very sad, that's pretty young really

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Very sad, that's pretty young really

Very sad indeed.

RIP.

[Cherie]

I didn’t realise he had had 3 heart attacks I knew he had one.i feel like he pushed himself into an early grave as he seemed to have a very busy schedule

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I didn’t realise he had had 3 heart attacks I knew he had one.i feel like he pushed himself into an early grave as he seemed to have a very busy schedule

Sometimes you just never really know what people are going through.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I didn’t realise he had had 3 heart attacks I knew he had one.i feel like he pushed himself into an early grave as he seemed to have a very busy schedule

He had a family history of heart disease too. Gis parents had heart attacks in the same week....his mum survived but his dad passed away

[Cherie]

I spent most of me childhood in Ireland,” Paul O’Grady said on RTÉ Radio 1′s Ryan Tubridy Show in 2015. “My family is down in Galway and Roscommon; they’ve got a farm there. I loved it as a kid.”

Born in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, O’Grady was born to Irish parents. His mother’s maiden name was Savage – which is believed to have inspired his famous drag alter ego, Lily Savage. His father came from Glinsk, Co Galway, and his mother from Co Louth.

“I remember my dad when I was a kid used to say we were related to Irish royalty, and we all used to laugh at him,” he recalled. “He’d say: ‘King Athel of Glinsk.’ And there’s actually Glinsk castle, and I wonder if there’s any truth in it. I’d quite fancy being Irish royalty!”

His Dad was born into the Grady family in Ballincurry just outside Glinsk, and moved to England after struggling with farmwork, later discovering he had tuberculosis (TB).

O’Grady came when me Dad came over and joined the airforce. They slung an ‘O’ in front of the Grady, so that’s why I’m an O’Grady. I don’t think he could be bothered changing it ... He’s a true Irishman, me father, through and through.”

O’Grady visited Ireland about twice a year growing up and came to Dublin regularly. He had pallets of turf sent over from Ireland. “I love the smell of it. That to me is the smell of Ireland: a turf fire with a frying pan with rashers going on and a bit of black pudding ... anything for a bit of turf.”

O’Grady had a role in Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father (1993), in which Daniel Day-Lewis won best leading actor at the Oscars. He spent three weeks filming in Kilmainham Gaol, including Easter Sunday, on the anniversary of the Easter Rising.

“It was very sad in the jail, but a great experience,” O’Grady later said.

He spoke of having several heart attacks previously. “It’s up to you really how you recover,” he said. “You can either sit on the sofa counting your tablets or you can get on with it – and I chose the latter.”


O’Grady was well known for his love of animals. His Irish uncle taught him to milk a cow in Ireland, a skill that came in handy later in life when he owned cows, pigs, goats, chickens and sheep at his farm in Kent.

“All that stems from my love of the farm when I was a kid in Glinsk, it never goes away stuff like that.”

Speaking to Pat Kenny on The Late Late Show in 2008, O’Grady said he had a farm “because of Ireland. Because I was brought up on the farm, and I thought if I ever get a few bob – never mind the fancy cars and all that – I’m gonna get a bit of land and a cow. I’ve got [cows], pigs, goats, chickens and sheep.”


The TV star, also known for his drag queen persona Lily Savage, died “unexpectedly but peacefully” on Tuesday evening, a statement shared with the PA news agency via a representative said.

O’Grady’s partner Andre Portasio said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that I inform you that Paul has passed away unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening.”

“He will be greatly missed by his loved ones, friends, family, animals and all those who enjoyed his humour, wit and compassion. I know that he would want me to thank you for all the love you have shown him over the years.”

O’Grady and Portasio were married during a low-key wedding ceremony in 2017. – Additional reporting: PA

The Irish Times

[thesheriff443]

A beautiful human being

[hijaxers]

Very sad news to wake up to . RIP Paul the people and the Battersea dogs will miss you.

[GoldHeart]

So Sad
R.I.P.
That's another funny great entertainer we've lost now x .

[Oliver_W]

[Kazanne]

.This brought tears to my eyes this morning,he was such a lovely man and did so much for dogs, such a loss of a kind person ,RIP Paul.Great loss to dogs .

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

.This brought tears to my eyes this morning,he was such a lovely man and did so much for dogs, such a loss of a kind person ,RIP Paul.Great loss to dogs .

He was very strong on animal welfare Kazanne.
One of the really very GOOD guys.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

He was very strong on animal welfare Kazanne.
One of the really very GOOD guys.

I agree Joey, its never nice losing someone,but someone so kind to animals ,we need more like him,not less,its really sad.

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I agree Joey, its never nice losing someone,but someone so kind to animals ,we need more like him,not less,its really sad.

There's another series filmed ready to go , it will watched by everyone who loved Paul.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I agree Joey, its never nice losing someone,but someone so kind to animals ,we need more like him,not less,its really sad.

We do indeed need more like him Kazanne.
A really good man.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

We do indeed need more like him Kazanne.
A really good man.

I agree.

[joeysteele]

This is very sad news.
Great character.
This is definitely someone who will be greatly missed.
R.I.P.