Posted on 04/15/2023 2:19:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Paul O'Grady's cause of death has been reported after the TV presenter passed away last month.
O'Grady was 67-years-old when he died, with his family announcing at the time that he died 'unexpectedly but peacefully' on 28 March.
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His husband, Andre Portasio, shared the news on social media, writing: "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."
The family did not give a cause of death at the time, but O'Grady's death certificate, obtained by the Express, has revealed that the presenter died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia.
The British Heart Foundation explains that sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) is when someone dies suddenly following a cardiac arrest, and no obvious cause can be found.
A cardiac arrest takes place when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood around your body, causing the brain to become starved of oxygen.
The death certificate indicates that O'Grady's long-time friend, as well as former PA and agent, Joan Marshrons, registered his death six days after he passed away.
The For The Love Of Dogs presenter had previously been open about his struggles with Ischemic Heart Disease, having endured three heart attacks before the age of 65.
In the years before his death, O'Grady told The Mirror he was 'counting his blessings' when it came to his health, saying it would be a 'miracle' if he reached 60.
"I don’t fear anything nowadays," he said. "There has to be an angel out there. They are trying to steer me out of trouble 24 hours a day."
Reflecting on the first heart attack he suffered in 2002, O'Grady added: "I’d sort of been waiting for it… all of our family has died of heart disease. But I never thought I wasn’t going to make it. God, no."
The report of O'Grady's cause of death comes as fans were able to tune in this week to the presenter's final series of the ITV show For The Love Of Dogs, which saw him head once again to the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, to meet some of its residents in need.
The series is set to continue each week on ITV, and online on ITVX.
And yet there you are wasting your time
Or something in his rectum.
It’s like the people who tried to claim that Betty White who died 2 weeks shy of her 100th birthday died as a result of the vaxx.
Shakespeare said it centuries ago... "what fools these mortals be!"
Jim, your point is well taken by me.
Some of those refuting you seem to be operating in a room with the lights turned off!
Exactly - like the operating theater of government healthcare itself AKA death protocol.
Fugeddabouddit.
It’s OK, Nifster, you’ve made it to my “No Fly Zone” list whereby in the future I will do my best not to respond you.
I’ve got you down as, “A hiding sniper with nothing affirmative to offer. A waste of time, probably a Leftist plant to disrupt while contributing nothing affirmative.”
I’ve notice that for whatever reason a lot of folks who earn their spot in my no Fly Zone list are not long for their continuance on FR.
Rots a Ruck.
Except for the multiple heart attacks that he’s had…
The thing about FR is you are free to scroll on by
No one has to agree with you or me
It’s all good. Enjoy your weekend
Jesus…you guys are fixated like a simpleton watching sparkly lights.
Someone could have an axe sticking out their heads and you fools would ask if they are vaxxed.
Did someone mention sparkly lights? 😁
Exactly what I intend to do with you, Bub.
Dang, man, you’ve never heard of aggravating a pre-existing condition? Get real.
Yeah..the vax didn’t kill this guy.
Get a life.
What a stupid, ignorant statement.
Get a brain.
There are forty deaths in today’s Obits. I am sure you would find a way to lay them all at the feet of the vax.
Even the 103 year old. Or the 87 year old Alzheimer’s death. Or the two that died in a fire the other day.
Your mind, what little there, is fixated and seeing boogeymen behind every tree.
You have no freaking idea what killed this guy.
Get lost.
Nor do you.
Stop trying to make yourself sound righteous by claiming it was the vax. Neither of us knows.
You guys sound like lunatics.
Never said I knew the cause, but you don’t pay attention too good do you?
I said the vax was a possibly which you in your ignorance discount for no freaking reason at all.
Go back to you mindless delusional Leftist buddies.
Yeah…nice try. You go around pointing at the vax whenever you can. Even when it’s clear it’s not.
And I’ve been here a lot longer than you. Perhaps you need to start questioning why you believe every BS conspiracy theory out there. Instead of throwing shade my way, perhaps that time might be better spent on some real reading.
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