O’grady health fears after illness

Tv presenter p au lo’ gradyh as shared his fears that he is “running out of lives” after falling seriously ill while filming in India.

The entertainer, 62, was rushed to hospital after he became sick and was told by doctors that he was at risk of renal failure.

Putting the episode down to handling wounded puppies while working on ITV’S For The Love Of Dogs in Delhi, it follows a history of reported health scares, including three previous heart attacks.

O’grady said: “I used to think I was invincible but now I’m running out of lives. I’m not scared of death at all. It’s the way you die that worries me – that’s the fear. I think I could lie there on my deathbed and say, ‘Well, I’ve had a good time and filled a book. I’ve done everything I wanted to do’.”

O’grady, who first shot to fame with his glamorous onstage alter ego Lily Savage, said he had become aware of his mortality after losing friends to cancer and Aids. The Birkenhead-born star said he now paid little attention to television. But, commenting on the recent string of sexual harassment allegations, he said: “It should all be anonymous unless proven guilty.”