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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
David Raven & Jessica Gibb, Deputy Showbiz Editor & Patrick Edrich

Paul O'Grady's secret wife breaks silence after star's sudden death

Paul O'Grady's secret wife said the TV star was a happy and lovely man who would "help anyone".

Teresa Fernandes was secretly married to the much-loved star for 28 years and has now broken her silence since he died. Paul died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia on March 28 and was laid to rest earlier this week.

Paul, an openly gay man, previously admitted he had married Portuguese ex-wife Teresa to stop her from being deported. He met Teresa in a gay club where they worked and decided to marry her out of "convenience" and to stop her being "hassled" by her family.

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