Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper dies 老年の 56 after long Covid 戦う／戦い
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Kate Garraway?today 明らかにする／漏らすd that her husband?Derek Draper has died?老年の 56 and told how she held his 手渡す 'throughout the last long hours and when he passed'.
The Good Morning Britain?星／主役にする, 56, 発表するd the death of her husband of 18 years on?Instagram?this morning and said: '残り／休憩（する） gently and 平和的に now Derek, my love, I was so lucky to have you in my life.'
Derek 苦しむd a heart attack before?Christmas に引き続いて a long 戦う／戦い with Covid.?
Kate, who had two children with Derek,?Darcey, 17, and their youngest, Billy, 11, said: 'I'm sad to have to tell you all that my darling husband Derek has passed away.
'Derek was surrounded by his family in his final days and I was by his 味方する 持つ／拘留するing his 手渡す throughout the last long hours and when he passed. I have so much more to say, and of course I will do so in 予定 course, but for now I just want to thank all the 医療の teams who fought so hard to save him and to make his final moments as comfortable and dignified as possible'.
She 追加するd: 'As some of you may know he has been 批判的に ill に引き続いて a cardiac 逮捕（する） in 早期に December which, because of the 損失 （打撃，刑罰などを）与えるd by Covid in March 2020, led to その上の 複雑化s.
'Sending so much love and thanks to all of you who have so generously given our family so much support. 残り／休憩（する） gently and 平和的に now Derek, my love, I was so lucky to have you in my life.'
Mr Draper was a former 研究員 for Blairite Peter Mandelson who became a?New 労働 spin doctor and later retrained as a?psychotherapist after a 一連の political and ロビーing スキャンダルs.?
Tragically Mr Draper was の中で the first in the UK to 落ちる 本気で ill with Covid-19 and was 認める to an 集中的な care 部隊 as the country entered lockdown?in March 2020. He was one of the country's longest-苦しむing Covid 患者s after 存在 in hospital but never fully 回復するd after the ウイルス left long-継続している 損失 to his 組織／臓器s and meant he needed 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-the-clock care.
Former 首相s Tony Blair and Gordon Brown led 尊敬の印s today. Mr Brown tweeted: 'So sad that after such a 勇敢に立ち向かう struggle Derek Draper has lost his life as a result of Covid. I will remember him as brilliant, creative and multitalented, and our thoughts are with Kate, Darcey and Billy. RIP Derek'.
Derek Draper in 2021 with his wife Kate and children Darcey and Billy after returning home from hospital, where he was Britain's longest 苦しむing covid 患者. He has died age 56
Kate 明らかにする／漏らすd she was 持つ／拘留するing her husband's 手渡す when he died
Derek, 56, who has been 疫病／悩ますd with health woes after 契約ing Covid in 2020, was said to be in a 批判的な 条件 (pictured in June with Kate's parents Gordon and Marilyn after his wife collected her MBE)?
Derek and Kate on their wedding day in 2005 as they 宣言するd their 公約するs
Kate and Derek at the 国家の Television Awards in 2007 - two years after they married
Derek, 56 , returned home from hospital after 13 months but he never fully 回復するd (pictured with his family in their garden)
Kate Garraway spent Christmas in hospital after Derek was left fighting for his life as he 苦しむd a heart attack. She was seen shopping in a Christmas hat last week and she 発表するd his death today
He 苦しむd a 大規模な heart attack last month and?MailOnline understands he passed away on Wednesday night in a North London?hospital. Kate said that he died surrounded by family and his passing led to several friends and former 同僚s breaking 負かす／撃墜する on live TV when the sad news broke.
Sir Tony Blair?said: 'I am so sad to hear the news about Derek. My heart goes out to Kate and their children William and Darcey.
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Derek and Kate on their wedding day in 2005
'It is 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の and remarkable that Derek 生き残るd so long after the 荒廃させるs of Covid. And that was in large 手段 予定 to the love Derek had for his family and they for him. This also says something very special about Derek.
'He was a 堅い いつかs ruthless political operative, a brilliant 助言者 and someone you always 手配中の，お尋ね者 on your 味方する.
'But underneath that 堅い exterior he was a loving, 肉親，親類d, generous and good natured man you 手配中の，お尋ね者 as a friend.
'He was an important part of the New 労働 story, at the centre of things 権利 at the beginning. But most important of all, he was a good 同僚 and 広大な／多数の／重要な friend. And we will 行方不明になる him 深く，強烈に.'
Alastair Campbell, a fellow 目だつ New 労働 人物／姿／数字 in the 1990s, 述べるd Derek Draper as 'a 抱擁する character'.
He tweeted: 'Very sad to hear the news about Derek Draper. He was a 抱擁する character, a giver not a taker, and had so much more to give before Covid took its （死傷者）数.
'Sad above all for @kategarraway and the children. Their love and support was 深遠な and unshakeable to the end. RIP'.
Derek had been 疫病／悩ますd with health woes after 契約ing Covid in 2020 and 苦しむd a cardiac 逮捕（する） in 早期に December, with Kate spending Christmas at hospital. Ms Garraway and Mr Draper married in 2005.
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown 賞賛するd his work for New 労働
Kate's ITV co-星／主役にするs were also quick to 株 their 弔慰s and 申し込む／申し出 sympathy??
Lorraine Kelly is の中で those who have sent messages of support to Ms Garraway.
In the comments on Ms Garraway's Instagram 地位，任命する, Ms Kelly wrote to her follow ITV presenter: 'So sorry Kate. You fought so hard. Just incredibly sad. Sending you love'.
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Susanna is pictured with Kate and Ben Shephard on Good Morning Britain in 2022?
無線で通信する host Zoe Ball said she was 'heartbroken' for Garraway and her children.
She 追加するd: 'So much love coming your way from so many. May Derek's 星／主役にする always 向こうずね brightest for you xxxx'
Singer and presenter Peter Andre said he was 'sorry' to hear the news, 追加するing: 'We send all our love. Thoughts with you all.'
Comedian Alan Carr also 株d his sympathies with the TV presenter, 説: Oh Kate that's so awful. Sending you so much love and the deepest 弔慰s.'
In a 声明, Kevin Lygo, managing director of マスコミ and entertainment at ITV, said: 'Everyone that has worked with Kate at ITV over the past few years are 猛烈に saddened to hear this terrible news.
'Our thoughts and 深く心に感じた 弔慰s are with Kate and Derek's family and we will continue to 申し込む／申し出 our support in any way we can at this very difficult time.'
Sir Elton John has sent his 'love and thoughts' to Ms Garraway.
の中で the comments on the 地位，任命する, Sir Elton wrote: 'So sorry to hear of this news, Kate. Love and thoughts to you and your family x'
Mr Draper …に出席するd the ロケット／急騰する Man's 別れの（言葉，会） Yellow Brick Road concert at London's O2 円形競技場 in April after 存在 招待するd along with Ms Garraway as the guests of honour.
Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins have also sent their love, with Ms Reid 令状ing: 'Our whole hearts are with you all.'
Presenter Ms Hawkins also said she was '猛烈に sorry' to hear the news.
She 追加するd: 'Kate, it's 絶対 heartbreaking. So much love to you all.'
一方／合間, This Morning host Alison Hammond said the 乗組員 of her show were 'sending our love' .
Speaking on 空気／公表する on Friday, Ms Hammond said: 'We just want to say, all of us here at This Morning, we're sending our love to you Kate and of course Darcey and Billy.'
放送者 Carol Vorderman 地位，任命するd on X: 'Kate Garraway has just 発表するd that her husband Derek has died and that she was 'by his 味方する 持つ／拘留するing his 手渡す throughout the last long hours.'
'Sending my thoughts & love to Kate and their family.
'Heartbreaking, after the last years, they have lost the man they love so much'.
Derek Draper (circled) is seen standing next to 労働 grandees 含むing Neil Kinnock, John Prescott and Peter Mandelson (権利). The （映画の）フィート数 was in BBC2's The Rise of the Murdoch 王朝
Derek Draper was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d after the 1998 ロビーing スキャンダル that （海，煙などが）飲み込むd New 労働
Derek Draper had two children with Ms Garraway - a son, Billy, and a daughter, Darcey. The couple are pictured here with their children and Derek's mother in 2009
Kate Garraway with her family after taking part in I'm a Celebrity in 2019
Derek, 56, was fighting for his life since a heart attack in 早期に December
Derek was catastrophically ill in hospital after becoming one of the first people to catch covid?
He returned home to be with his family but fell 本気で ill last month and died this week
A 目だつ 人物／姿／数字 in New 労働 in the 1990s, Mr Draper worked for Blairite Peter Mandelson and 始める，決める up the 進歩 organisation with Liam Byrne, who went on to become an MP.
After he was embroiled in the いわゆる 'cash-for-接近' スキャンダル, dubbed 'lobbygate', he travelled to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, where he retrained as a psychotherapist.
In 2021, Ms Garraway won a prize at the 国家の Television Awards for the 文書の Finding Derek, about her family's experience during the pandemic.
It 詳細（に述べる）d her husband's 治療 and his その後の return to their family home.
In July 2022, Garraway 確認するd Mr Draper had been readmitted to hospital and later that month it was 報告（する）／憶測d that his 条件 had より悪くするd.
His 戦う／戦い with the ウイルス won much attention and support, 含むing from former 首相 Boris Johnson and the 王室の family.
Former lobbyist and political 助言者 Mr Draper was part of one of Britain's most 目だつ マスコミ 力／強力にする couples.
The New 労働 spin doctor reached 広大な／多数の／重要な 高さs of 影響（力） in the 1990s but became best known for his 関与 in the 'lobbygate' スキャンダル.
A former 研究員 for Blairite Peter Mandelson, Mr Draper became a director of ロビーing 会社／堅い GPC Market 接近 in 1996 and 始める，決める up the New 労働 organisation 進歩 with Liam Byrne, who went on to become an MP.
It was while working at GPC that Mr Draper was caught on tape 誇るing to an undercover 新聞記者／雑誌記者 of his 政府 関係s.
In one of the first sleaze スキャンダルs to 攻撃する，衝突する Tony Blair's fledgling 行政, he 報道によれば （人命などを）奪う，主張するd: 'There are 17 people who count in this 政府, and to say I am intimate with all of them is the understatement of the century.'
Mr Draper 主張するd he had done nothing wrong in the いわゆる 'cash for 接近' スキャンダル dubbed 'lobbygate' but 認める he did have a 'big mouth'.
The 出来事/事件 appeared to （一定の）期間 the end of any bigger political ambitions for the famously シャンペン酒-swilling New 労働 stalwart and he travelled to the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, where he trained as a psychotherapist.
A former 研究員 for Blairite Peter Mandelson, Mr Draper became a director of ロビーing 会社／堅い GPC Market 接近 in 1996 and 始める，決める up the New 労働 organisation 進歩 with Liam Byrne, who went on to become an MP. Above: Mr Draper in 1998
Derek Draper in San Francisco where he 始める，決める up home after leaving politics
In 2005, Mr Draper married Kate Garraway, the GMTV co-presenter who is now part of the Good Morning Britain team on ITV and appeared on 厳密に Come Dancing in 2007 and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in November 2019. Above: The couple in 2008
The New 労働 spin doctor reached 広大な／多数の／重要な 高さs of 影響（力） in the 1990s but became best known for his 関与 in the 'lobbygate' スキャンダル
In 2005, Mr Draper married Ms Garraway, the GMTV co-presenter who is now part of the Good Morning Britain team on ITV and appeared on 厳密に Come Dancing in 2007 and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! in November 2019.
In 2008 he returned to the 労働 スポットライト as the 長，率いる of the website LabourList, a left-wing 競争相手 to online portals such as 保守的な Home.
He 攻撃する，衝突する the headlines again in 2009 and stepped 負かす／撃墜する as editor of LabourList after email correspondence between him and Damian McBride, one of Gordon Brown's 重要な 補佐官s, was 漏れるd.
In the emails, Mr McBride 提案するd a （選挙などの）運動をする of unfounded personal smears against 上級の 保守的なs on a new blog called RedRag, an idea 賞賛するd by Mr Draper as '絶対, 全く brilliant'.
In a 辞職 声明 解放（する）d to the 後見人, Mr Draper 定評のある that his continued presence at LabourList - which was 初めは 始める，決める up to discuss serious 政策 ideas - was detracting from the website.
'I 悔いる ever receiving the 悪名高い email and I 悔いる my stupid, 迅速な reply. I should have said straight away that the idea was wrong,' he said.
'I do ask people to remember that its contents were never published by me, or anyone else, 伴う／関わるd in the 労働 Party and they would never have seen the light of day were it not for someone 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスing into my emails and placing them into the public domain.
'Because of that, a silly idea 最終的に 運命にあるd for the trash can became a 国家の スキャンダル.'
Mr Draper was once again consigned to the 労働 wilderness and became 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある of a leadership consultancy, 収集するing 週刊誌 emails summarising the best content for 商売／仕事 and HR leaders.
In 2019 he 発表するd he was 辞職するing his 労働 Party 会員の地位.
Mr Draper's 医療の?事例／患者 attracted much マスコミ attention, partly because of his marriage to Ms Garraway, and partly because of the length of his hospital stay.
Some マスコミ 報告（する）／憶測d that he had become the nation's longest-苦しむing 患者 after spending 13 months in hospital.
In 早期に July 2022, Ms Garraway 公表する／暴露するd that Derek had been readmitted to hospital and later that month dropped out of 現在のing Good Morning Britain as his 条件 より悪くするd.
The に引き続いて February, the ITV series Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek 空気／公表するd on ITV, and 文書d Draper's arrival home from the hospital while also に引き続いて Garraway as she navigated the 'myriad challenges of the social care system and its 複雑さs'.
Mr Draper was photographed by his wife's 味方する in June, にもかかわらず 存在 in and out of hospital, when she collected her MBE from the Prince of むちの跡s in an investiture 儀式 at Windsor 城.
In December, The Sun 報告（する）／憶測d that Mr Draper had '苦しむd a 大規模な heart attack' and said Garraway was keeping a 24/7 徹夜 by his 病人の枕元.
