Paul O'Grady: The Biography

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He was never happier than in a TV studio or theatre… Buster knew all the theatre doormen and loved being fussed over,’ O’Grady said of the shih tzu-bichon frisé cross.

We worked in a club in Westbourne Grove, London, when I was 22. She was from a very strict Catholic family and was always being hassled by them: “Why aren’t you getting married?” So I said: “Come on then, we’ll get married”, and we did.O’Grady, who sprang to fame as his beloved drag alter ego Lily Savage, went on to present The Big Breakfast before fronting The Paul O’Grady Show, Blind Date, Blankety Blank, and ITV’s multi-award-winning For The Love Of Dogs. It was a really great day. Sharon looked fabulous and Philip is a smashing fella. They fit together like a pan and a lid,’ O’Grady said. However at the time of his death he and Portasio were sharing their home with five dogs – Arfur, Conchita, Eddie, Nancy and Sausage, known as Soz. O’Grady came to mainstream attention in 1991 when he was nominated for the Perrier award, the UK’s most prestigious comedy prize, and began appearing on radio and television as himself. O’Grady retired Savage – to “a convent in Brittany” – in 2004.

The couple were wed in 1977, O’Grady later saying that he married her to prevent her from being deported.The Birkenhead-born comic will feature in a short film for the official opening of the Eurovision Song Contest, which is taking place in Liverpool, on behalf of Ukraine.

It was his second marriage, with the pair getting together after O’Grady ended his 28-year marriage to the woman he married in 1977.Paul was also granddad to Sharon’s two children, son Abel, who was born in 2006, and daughter Halo, born in 2009. Who is Paul O’Grady’s husband Andre Portasio? MORE : The wild ride behind creating the Eurovision stage: ‘The Netflix spoof is surprisingly accurate’ Many of those who turned out to watch the procession were accompanied by their beloved pet dogs in a touching tribute to the star. Paul O’Grady, the beloved TV presenter and comedian who broke on to the scene with his drag act persona Lily Savage, has died at the age of 67. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{