The widower of the late Paul O’Grady has said he is ‘still digesting’ his husband's death. 'I am trying to take it day by day and cope with it. At the moment I am coping.'
‘It was such a shock for me to lose him. It was a shock to all of us. It was so unexpected. I am still digesting it all.’
O’Grady’s death sparked an outpouring of grief from the British public, with his surviving spouse telling the publication he was ‘amazed’ at ‘how much he affected, inspired and touched people’.He continued explaining: ‘I have received so many letters. There have been thousands. ‘I am still trying to reply to them all three months on. And people are still going to his grave to leave things.O’Grady was laid to rest in April in the village of Bonnington in Kent.as part of plans to pay tribute to his legacy.O’Grady grew up in Merseyside but later moved to London, where he found fame as his drag alter-ego Lily Savage and went on to host a string of television programmes.
In a statement, Wirral Council said: ‘Since the sad passing of Birkenhead’s legendary entertainer Paul O’Grady in March, we’ve heard the many asks for us to celebrate his legacy and we agree. ‘The first step in doing so will see councillors consider a recommendation to bestow the star – who first found fame as the self-proclaimed ‘blonde bombsite’ Lily Savage – with the honour of freedom of the borough.
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