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I’d grown quite fond of this little pup so I took her home. Of course I fully intended to keep her from the start and I’ve called her Nancy." Drag Queen Divina de Campo said: ‘It is incredibly sad. 67 is no age when the retirement age is 68. His partner Andre Portasio said at the time: "He will be greatly missed by his loved ones, friends, family, animals and all those who enjoyed his humour, wit and compassion." Paul and Andre had been together for 18 years and tied the knot in 2017. The couple lived in a farmhouse home in Kent, which also housed a variety of their rescue animals. He shared the woman's missing dog poster and added his voice to the fight against a rise in dog thefts. He toured Kent with a camera crew, giving viewers more than one reason to visit the Garden of England for a staycation.
The carefully chosen dry dog food brands that we offer in-store include Bakers, Iams, Reward and Rufus, as well as celebrated dog lover Paul O’Grady’s personally curated line with no “nasties” included! Then I found myself down here in Kent and I’ve been here for over 20 happy years, I love the place.”
By the time he passed away, it is understood that Paul and his husband Andre Portasio had five rescue dogs in their Kent home. They were called Nancy, Arfur, Conchita, Eddie, and Sausage. Anyway, my neighbour phoned me up and said, apparently, there were some ne-er do-well youths from Ashford who had stolen the car and been pursued by the police, and they'd caught them."
Paul Burston, founder of the Polari Prize for LGBT+ writing, said O’Grady as Lily Savage was ‘one of the holy trinity of drag queens who ruled the London gay scene” in the 1980s.During his career, he hosted The Paul O’Grady Show, Blind Date and Blankety Blank, as well as ITV’s multi-award-winning For The Love Of Dogs. He also hosted ITV celebrity game show, Paul O’Grady’s Saturday Night Line Up. And following his tragic passing, his last filming stint at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home is set to air on Thursday evening (April 13).