Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of a Kent village on Thursday for the funeral of comedian and entertainer Paul O’Grady who was been laid to rest following a “moving” service that included a eulogy from actor Julian Clary and a reading from Lord Michael Cashman.
The presenter – known and loved for drag alter-ego Lily Savage – died on 29 March aged 67. While his cause of death is yet to be officially disclosed, he suffered numerous heart attacks over the years.
The service featured a series of personal tributes, including a bronze statue of his beloved late dog Buster that had been placed on a leopard-print throw.
A photograph of a smiling O’Grady was placed at the front of the Grade I listed parish church surrounded by arrangements of lilies.
While the service was private, attended by the entertainer’s family and friends, including Alan Carr and Jo Brand, the village of Aldington,...
The presenter – known and loved for drag alter-ego Lily Savage – died on 29 March aged 67. While his cause of death is yet to be officially disclosed, he suffered numerous heart attacks over the years.
The service featured a series of personal tributes, including a bronze statue of his beloved late dog Buster that had been placed on a leopard-print throw.
A photograph of a smiling O’Grady was placed at the front of the Grade I listed parish church surrounded by arrangements of lilies.
While the service was private, attended by the entertainer’s family and friends, including Alan Carr and Jo Brand, the village of Aldington,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Isobel Lewis and Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Paul O’Grady has been remembered as a “force for good” by his famous friends including Carol Vorderman, Julian Clary and Michael Cashman.
Celebrities paid tribute to the drag queen turned TV and radio star during For The Love of Paul O’Grady on ITV on Sunday (9 April) evening, following his death last month at the age of 67.
O’Grady, who started out as a social worker while performing on the London nightclub circuit as the acerbic, platinum wig-wearing Lily Savage, died “unexpectedly but peacefully” on 28 March, his partner Andre Portasio said in a statement.
Remembering O’Grady for his activism, Vorderman, 62, said: “He was not only brilliant as an entertainer, he was a force for good.”
Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband added: “He wasn’t just a fighter for the underdog, somebody who was willing to use his platform to speak up for people who didn’t have a platform,...
Celebrities paid tribute to the drag queen turned TV and radio star during For The Love of Paul O’Grady on ITV on Sunday (9 April) evening, following his death last month at the age of 67.
O’Grady, who started out as a social worker while performing on the London nightclub circuit as the acerbic, platinum wig-wearing Lily Savage, died “unexpectedly but peacefully” on 28 March, his partner Andre Portasio said in a statement.
Remembering O’Grady for his activism, Vorderman, 62, said: “He was not only brilliant as an entertainer, he was a force for good.”
Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband added: “He wasn’t just a fighter for the underdog, somebody who was willing to use his platform to speak up for people who didn’t have a platform,...
- 4/10/2023
- by Connie Evans
- The Independent - TV
A number of former EastEnders stars are returning to Albert Square to film scenes for Dot Cotton’s funeral.
June Brown, who portrayed the long-running soap character, died in April at age 95.
Although she’d played the role since 1985, Brown stepped away from the programme in 2020, putting her departure down to feeling underwhelmed by the recent storylines she’d been offered.
Dot’s final appearance on the show took place in January 2020 via a voicemail left for Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), explaining that she had fled Albert Square for Ireland.
In light of Brown’s real-life death, the soap will announce the character’s demise in the coming weeks.
As a way of paying respects to both the character and the actor, EastEnders will air special funeral scenes saying goodbye later this year, which will see some characters return for the occasion.
A notable returning character includes Dot’s granddaughter,...
June Brown, who portrayed the long-running soap character, died in April at age 95.
Although she’d played the role since 1985, Brown stepped away from the programme in 2020, putting her departure down to feeling underwhelmed by the recent storylines she’d been offered.
Dot’s final appearance on the show took place in January 2020 via a voicemail left for Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), explaining that she had fled Albert Square for Ireland.
In light of Brown’s real-life death, the soap will announce the character’s demise in the coming weeks.
As a way of paying respects to both the character and the actor, EastEnders will air special funeral scenes saying goodbye later this year, which will see some characters return for the occasion.
A notable returning character includes Dot’s granddaughter,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
From partial legal liberation to Barclays’ corporate rainbow colours, Ashley Joiner’s documentary tracks half a century of campaigning against prejudice
Ashley Joiner’s Are You Proud? is a vivid and engaged docu-celebration of the Lgbt rights movement in the UK, from the partial victory of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, through to Stonewall in the United States and the Gay Liberation Front here in the 1970s – though, oddly, no mention of the wretchedly vindictive legal action against Gay News – through to the HIV-Aids crisis, Margaret Thatcher’s late spite-attack against homosexuals in the late 80s with Section 28, and the current situation in which gay campaigners fear that the annual Pride march is at risk of a corporate takeover, with Barclays emblazoning its own logo with rainbow colours. (What 1980s anti-apartheid campaigner would have predicted that?)
The recent case of two gay women beaten up on a London bus is a...
Ashley Joiner’s Are You Proud? is a vivid and engaged docu-celebration of the Lgbt rights movement in the UK, from the partial victory of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, through to Stonewall in the United States and the Gay Liberation Front here in the 1970s – though, oddly, no mention of the wretchedly vindictive legal action against Gay News – through to the HIV-Aids crisis, Margaret Thatcher’s late spite-attack against homosexuals in the late 80s with Section 28, and the current situation in which gay campaigners fear that the annual Pride march is at risk of a corporate takeover, with Barclays emblazoning its own logo with rainbow colours. (What 1980s anti-apartheid campaigner would have predicted that?)
The recent case of two gay women beaten up on a London bus is a...
- 7/25/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
London Lgbt+ Community Pride's annual Pride Festival kicked off on Sunday (June 22) and runs through til June 29.
To mark the festival and today's Pride in London Parade - travelling from Baker Street to Whitehall, between 1pm and 4pm - Digital Spy presents 13 landmark Lgbt moments in UK and Us television.
1. February 1971 - Us sitcom All in the Family breaks new ground, featuring Us television's first ever openly homosexual character in ex-pro football player Steve (Philip Carey).
2. January 1989 - BBC One's EastEnders becomes the first UK soap to screen a kiss between two gay men - middle-class yuppie Colin Russell (Michael Cashman) and Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan).
3. February 1991 - A little over two years later, NBC becomes the first Us network to air a lesbian kiss in primetime on its Emmy-winning legal drama L.A. Law - Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) and Cj Lamb (Amanda Donohoe) shared an intimate moment in season...
To mark the festival and today's Pride in London Parade - travelling from Baker Street to Whitehall, between 1pm and 4pm - Digital Spy presents 13 landmark Lgbt moments in UK and Us television.
1. February 1971 - Us sitcom All in the Family breaks new ground, featuring Us television's first ever openly homosexual character in ex-pro football player Steve (Philip Carey).
2. January 1989 - BBC One's EastEnders becomes the first UK soap to screen a kiss between two gay men - middle-class yuppie Colin Russell (Michael Cashman) and Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan).
3. February 1991 - A little over two years later, NBC becomes the first Us network to air a lesbian kiss in primetime on its Emmy-winning legal drama L.A. Law - Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) and Cj Lamb (Amanda Donohoe) shared an intimate moment in season...
- 6/28/2014
- Digital Spy
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