Paul O’Grady’s husband Andre shares final picture of them together on holiday before star’s shock death
PAUL O’Grady’s husband Andre Portasio has shared the final photograph of them on holiday together, following his death.
Paul’s sad death this week at the age of 67 has left his family and friends devastated.
But one person who is feeling immense sadness from the TV star’s passing, is his beloved husband Andre.
He’s now shared a picture from a trip they took in January, which would’ve been their last together.
In it, they sit next to each other on a boat with turquoise blue sea in the background and both look happy.
Paul can be seen wearing a white shirt and Andre is in a green t-shirt and shorts.
The former-professional ballet dancer paid tribute to his late husband in the poignant post.
He wrote: “In time I hope to write to everyone individually and thank you for all posts, messages, phone calls, emails, cards and flowers of support.
“I much appreciate you all taking the time to reach out. I’m so very touched and I’m sure Paul would be too!
“Browsing for a picture I found the last picture we ever took together. Unbeknownst to us back in January this would be our last ever holiday together.”
It comes as it was revealed that the late TV star died after an exhausting seven months in which he took on as much work as possible.
He had signed up for a string of TV, stage and radio shows — despite battling a draining bout of Covid last summer.
The Lily Savage star died aged 67 just three days after completing a run in a UK tour playing Miss Hannigan in Annie, The Musical.
He was due to start working for a new radio station, Boom Radio — and to return for another run of Annie later this spring.
Last year, animal-lover Paul also made the eleventh series of his ITV show For the Love of Dogs and was completing a secret documentary on elephants in Laos — which could be his last ever TV show.
A TV insider said: “Paul had committed to a workload that would overwhelm a man half his age, but he liked regular work to keep him occupied.
“He was immensely popular among viewers and was used to his life being incredibly busy as a result. He didn’t want that to change.
“Despite his advancing years and ailing health, he seemed to be taking more than ever — perhaps feeling the sense that it could all come to an end at any moment.
“Losing his Radio 2 show had proved a huge shock for Paul as he loved it dearly.
“He felt the need to fill the void at a time when he should probably have been taking things easy.”