Elton John and Camilla, Queen Consort have paid tribute to late TV persona Paul O’Grady following his loss of life on Tuesday.
The British TV presenter and comic, who was well-known for his drag alter-ego Lily Savage, handed away “unexpectedly however peacefully” on Tuesday night aged 67.
After the unhappy information was introduced on Wednesday morning, Elton took to Instagram to pay tribute to Paul, who hosted his and David Furnish’s bachelor social gathering earlier than they entered right into a civil partnership within the U.Ok. in 2005.
“Saddening information to listen to of Paul O’Grady’s passing this morning,” Elton wrote alongside a throwback picture of him with Paul as Lily Savage. “An excellent entertainer, wit, and supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and the combat in opposition to AIDS and HIV who I used to be lucky sufficient to spend time with together with when he hosted @davidfurnish’s and my Stag Social gathering earlier than our Civil Partnership in 2005.”
He continued, “Thanks for all the enjoyment you introduced into the world, Paul. You went locations no person had gone earlier than and we’ll miss you very a lot.”
After same-sex marriage grew to become authorized in Elton’s residence nation in 2014, he and David tied the knot on the ninth anniversary of their civil partnership.
Paul was greatest recognized for internet hosting TV exhibits equivalent to Blankety Clean, The Paul O’Grady Present, the Blind Date reboot, and For the Love of Canines.
In an announcement from Buckingham Palace, Camilla, Queen Consort, who appeared in a one-off episode of For the Love of Canines final yr, mentioned she was “deeply saddened to have discovered of the loss of life of Paul O’Grady, with whom she labored intently to assist the work of Battersea Canines and Cats Dwelling and whose heat coronary heart and infectious humour lit up the lives of so many”.
Paul’s reason behind loss of life has not but been launched.
