[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

[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.

[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.

[GiRTh]

R.I.P.

[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.

[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

[arista]

[arista]

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by arista

awww

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[LeatherTrumpet]

a lovely man

[LaLaLand]

A national treasure by all accounts. Genuinely gutted.

Grown up watching him, literally.

In the mid-late 90's I'd watch Lily on The Big Breakfast before school and then later Blankety Blank straight after school. As a teenager, I'd come home from high school and watch his show at 5 with my tea. Then more recently I've never missed his show with the dogs.

RIP Paul.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

A national treasure by all accounts. Genuinely gutted.

Grown up watching him, literally.

In the mid-late 90's I'd watch Lily on The Big Breakfast before school and then later Blankety Blank straight after school. As a teenager, I'd come home from high school and watch his show at 5 with my tea. Then more recently I've never missed his show with the dogs.

RIP Paul.

Yes truly gutted. I've shed quite a few tears. It's not fully sunk in yet that he's gone.

[Denver]

RIP Paul and Lily, one of the true good guys who really loved his animals.

I saw a story that when he did does shows he requests that they advertise the available jobs in the local job centre to give people in that area a break when they needed one

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Denver

RIP Paul and Lily, one of the true good guys who really loved his animals.

I saw a story that when he did does shows he requests that they advertise the available jobs in the local job centre to give people in that area a break when they needed one

Aww he was such a thoughtful nice man . I always grew up with him as Lily Savage,but as I got older I appreciated his Paul o Grady show on channel 4 and I always watched it .

[Livia]

Completed gutted by this news. A real loss...

[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.

[Vanessa]

I still can't believe he's gone.
He was one of a kind. One of my favourite TV stars. I miss him already

[arista]

[arista]

[Paul O'Grady: Donations since his death
overwhelm Battersea Cats and Dog Home
Donations to an animal charity loved
by Paul O'Grady
have passed £100,000 since
the star's death.

Battersea Cats and Dogs Home said it was
"overwhelmed and touched" by the donations.
The TV and radio presenter became an
ambassador for the charity in 2012 after
hosting For The Love Of Dogs,
which had 11 series filmed there.
After his death on Tuesday evening at
the age of 67, the animal charity set
up a tribute fund.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65147502