Home » Paul O’Grady’s funeral plans revealed as TV legend’s cause of death is confirmed


PAUL O’Grady’s life will be celebrated at the animal park where he was a regular, according to reports.

Plans are underway for the much-loved broadcaster – who died last month – to be remembered at Port Lympne Safari Park.

TV legend Paul O'Grady's cause of death was confirmed yesterday

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TV legend Paul O’Grady’s cause of death was confirmed yesterdayCredit: Getty
Port Lympne is a 600-acre reserve him Kent, where he lived

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Port Lympne is a 600-acre reserve him Kent, where he livedCredit: Getty

The Mail on Sunday reports that Paul’s life will be marked at the reserve, which is near where he lived in Kent.

A source told them: “Paul loved Port Lympne. He got to know some of its residents very well and it was thought by his nearest and dearest that it would be a beautiful idea to hold his funeral there so they are in attendance, too.”

It is thought that there will also be a service at a nearby church close to the park, which has been running since the 1970s.

The was revealed yesterday that Paul’s official death certificate confirmed that he died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia.

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Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome – also known as SADS – is the term used when someone dies after a cardiac arrest and no obvious cause is found.

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