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Paul O’Grady has died 'unexpectedly but peacefully' at the age of 67
Liverpool Echo ^ | 29 MAR 2023 | Max Channon

Posted on 03/29/2023 3:13:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Birkenhead- born TV presenter and comedian died 'unexpectedly but peacefully' on Tuesday evening

Paul O’Grady has died at the age of 67, his partner Andre Portasio has said.

The Birkenhead- born TV presenter and comedian, 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.

Mr Portasio said in his statement: “It is with great sadness that I inform you that Paul has passed away unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening.”

“We ask, at this difficult time, that whilst you celebrate his life you also respect our privacy as we come to terms with this loss.

“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.”

During his career, he hosted The Paul O’Grady Show, Blind Date and Blankety Blank, as well as ITV’s multi-award-winning For The Love Of Dogs.

He also hosted ITV celebrity game show, Paul O’Grady’s Saturday Night Line Up.

O’Grady took over the reins from Blind Date’s long-running presenter and his close friend Cilla Black, who died in 2015, as he hosted the Channel 5 reboot of the show in 2017.

Last year he was joined by the Queen Consort in a special one-off episode of For The Love Of Dogs to mark 160 years of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, an organisation for which he was an ambassador.

In August of 2022 he presented his final BBC Radio 2 show having hosted the Sunday afternoon programme for nearly 14 years.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: lilysavage; paulogrady; thegrimfreeper; unexpectedly

1 posted on 03/29/2023 3:13:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I proud to say i never heard of him.


2 posted on 03/29/2023 3:17:26 PM PDT by riverrunner
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To: riverrunner

I’m proud to say i never heard of him!

Dittoes


3 posted on 03/29/2023 3:25:29 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Democrats Have All ready Won the 2024 Election, Regardless of Whom, Either Party Runs!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like numerous possibilities besides just the Experimental mRNA Gene Therapy treatments.

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4 posted on 03/29/2023 3:26:47 PM PDT by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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To: nickcarraway
RAGE!!!

It's all Trumps fault that he/she/they died before the weekend of VENGENCE!!!

5 posted on 03/29/2023 3:26:59 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: riverrunner

his partner Andre Portasio has said.

I stopped right there.


6 posted on 03/29/2023 3:49:05 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: rdl6989

Apparently another fag bites the dust


7 posted on 03/29/2023 4:02:26 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: 2nd Amendment

In his case he bit the pillow, not the dust.

CC


8 posted on 03/29/2023 4:12:12 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: 2nd Amendment

A good synonymn for “bites the dust” is “goes to his eternal reward”.
Another faggot for the furnace, dear Saint Michael?


9 posted on 03/29/2023 4:20:19 PM PDT by Repent and Believe (...unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish. - Jesus (Luke 13:3))
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder if he died on the shitter....


10 posted on 03/29/2023 4:56:08 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: nickcarraway

Oh


11 posted on 03/29/2023 6:16:52 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: nickcarraway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_O%27Grady#Career_in_drag


12 posted on 03/29/2023 7:16:16 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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13 posted on 03/29/2023 7:18:04 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: nickcarraway
Toilet Death Ejector - SNL
https://youtu.be/_9BjJkqybz8

14 posted on 03/29/2023 7:18:18 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: riverrunner

Snortle!!!


15 posted on 03/30/2023 5:23:42 AM PDT by ninonitti
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To: riverrunner

What’s more, although I watch a lot of Brit TV on Brit Box and Acorn, I never heard of any of the noted programs.

Since all new Brit programs now feature a queer or two, he must have been a nothingness


16 posted on 03/30/2023 5:46:35 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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