Paul O´Grady remembered for 存在 `ferocious in the fight against 援助（する）s´
Sir Elton John and It’s A Sin creator Russell T Davies have paid 尊敬の印 to Paul O’Grady ? remembering him as “ferocious in the fight against 援助（する）s” ? after his death 老年の 67.
The TV and 無線で通信する presenter died “突然に but 平和的に” on Tuesday evening, a 声明 株d with the PA news 機関 経由で a 代表者／国会議員 said.
Queer As Folk creator Davies said on Instagram: “The saddest news. What a 星／主役にする. What a lovely man.
“He was ferocious in the fight against エイズ; he made everyone love drag; he once asked me if he could be in Doctor Who, “I just want to wear a white coat and carry a clipboard and walk 負かす／撃墜する a 回廊（地帯） 説 ‘I think it’s alive, Doctor.’”“When asked in 2021 if he despised anyone, he said, ‘Every 選び出す／独身 stinking member of this lying, self-serving 政府.’ There will never be anyone like him.”
Sir Elton John and It´s A Sin creator Russell T Davies have paid 尊敬の印 to Paul O´Grady - remembering him as "ferocious in the fight against 援助（する）s" - after his death 老年の 67 (PA)
Channel 4 演劇 It’s A Sin followed a group of gay men and their friends living in London as they navigated the UK’s HIV/援助（する）s 危機 throughout the ’80s and 早期に ’90s.
One of its 星／主役にするs, Nathaniel J Hall, who played Donald, said O’Grady showed everyone “how important it is to be bold and to be 勇敢に立ち向かう”.
He told PA: “Paul was a dreamboat. He was one of those people that 明白に had incredible fame in the ’90s and as a young out, queer person to 反映する our culture on TV in that period was amazing to see.
“He was a 肉親，親類d and compassionate person and his charity work with HIV organisations and dog charities showed that.
“He spoke out about Tory 緊縮 passionately and you could see his ro ots and grounding growing up in Liverpool. He showed how important it is to be bold and to be 勇敢に立ち向かう.
“His passing reminds people that life is short, to 得る，とらえる the bull by the horns.”
株ing a picture of himself and O’Grady in character as his drag queen persona Lily Savage, musician Sir Elton John wrote on Instagram: “Saddening news to hear of Paul O’Grady’s passing this morning.
“A brilliant 芸能人, wit, and 支持者 of LGBTQ+ 権利s and the fight against エイズ and HIV who I was fortunate enough to spend time with 含むing when he hosted @davidfurnish’s and my Stag Party before our Civil 共同 in 2005.
“Thank you for all the joy you brought into the world, Paul. You went places nobody had gone before and we will 行方不明になる you very much.”
Former 労働 閣僚 大臣 Lord Chris Smith, the first 率直に HIV-肯定的な MP によれば the Terrence Higgens 信用, told PA: “Paul was one of a 肉親，親類d, was a very special person, brought 抱擁する joy to countless people, and fought nobly for the things that were important.”
TV 星／主役にするs 米，稲 McGuinness and Gaby Roslin joined 指名するs from across the world of entertainment in remembering O’Grady, who hosted The Paul O’Grady Show, Blind Date and Blankety Blank.
Former Big Breakfast presenter Roslin, who occasionally sat in for the presenter on his BBC 無線で通信する 2 Paul O’Grady show, said his death is “unbelievably sad news” and he was a “one-off” as she 地位，任命するd a picture on Instagram of the 星／主役にする with his dog.
She 追加するd: “Goodness me we laughed together so much. Our 雑談（する）s lasted for hours and he’ll be up there now nattering away and keeping everyone laughing.
“This lovely photo of him and (dog) Buster makes me smile and I know he’ll want us all to smile when we think of him and celebrate his life.
“My love and deepest sympathies to Andre and to Sharon and the family. He was 勇敢に立ち向かう and clever and naughty and a dear friend. Sleep tight Savage darling I adored you.”
O’Grady 現在のd his final BBC 無線で通信する show in August 2022, having hosted the Sunday afternoon programme for nearly 14 years.
In a 声明, Lorna Clarke, director of music at the BBC, said the 会社／団体 is “shocked and saddened” by O’Grady’s death.
She 追加するd: “He was a much-loved presenter to the 無線で通信する 2 audience and his unique sense of humour, charm and warmth touched the hearts of many.
“Paul will be hugely 行方不明になるd and our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.”
McGuiness wrote on Twitter that O’Grady, for whom he stood in on his 雑談（する） show more than 15 years ago, “was always supportive, 肉親，親類d and just 広大な／多数の／重要な to be around”.
The 最高の，を越す Gear and Take Me Out presenter 追加するd: “Paul started in the pubs and working men’s clubs but finished as an icon of British TV. I’ll 行方不明になる him very much. 残り／休憩（する） in peace Paul.”
On Twitter, former BBC 無線で通信する 2 presenter Ken Bruce wrote: “Such shocking sad news about Paul O’Grady. A unique and brilliant 放送者 who brightened the nation.”
Drag queen Danny 耐えるd told BBC Breakfast O’Grady was “the most important person in British culture for drag”.
“I don’t think there’s anyone who does the 職業 that I do that doesn’t class Paul as an icon,” the 勝利者 of the fourth 一連の Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK 追加するd.
“Paul was a trailblazer. They were on telly just after the 援助（する）s 危機.
“They’ve been the most important person, I think, in British culture for drag, for the queer community.
“This is a really sad loss today… there’s a 大規模な 穴を開ける 行方不明の now.”
TV presenter Carol Vorderman, best known for 存在 on Countdown, told BBC 無線で通信する 4’s Today programme O’Grady “爆発するd through the daft, made-up 支配するs of society”.
She 追加するd: “When you were with Paul and even when you watched him on 審査する … he was one of those people who just made your 血 feel like you were alive.
“There was every part of you that was alive and you never knew what was going to happen.”
In a 声明, Phil Riley, co-創立者 of にわか景気 無線で通信する, said: “The 返答 to his last show on Christmas Day on (our 駅／配置する) was enormous ? listeners felt that he had popped around to their house over lunch.?That was his gift.”
O’Grady had been 始める，決める to host another one-off show on にわか景気 無線で通信する on 復活祭 Sunday.
