Kate Garraway announced on Friday the heartbreaking news that Derek Draper had passed away at the age of 56 after a lengthy Covid health battle.
The late lobbyist, who suffered a lengthy battle with Covid-19, took a turn for the worse last month after he suffered a heart attack just days before Christmas.The devastated Good Morning Britain star took to Instagram to inform her followers about Derek's death and revealed he was surrounded by loved ones.
Mirror showbiz editor Mark Jefferies, who spent time with the couple in happier times following Kate’s fourth place win on I’m A Celebrity in 2019, hailed the ITV GMB star for keeping her promise to “save” her husband of 18 years in scenes that aired in her ITV documentary Finding Derek.Jefferies wrote in an opinion piece for the Mirror: “In the ITV documentary Kate promised to "save" her husband in an emotional FaceTime conversation they shared - and for the last few years she has done everything in her power to do just that.“She got him out of hospital and back home and then continued to get the best care possible to improve his health.
She looked around the world at new options to treat him.“And she made memories with Derek and their two beloved children Darcy and Billy they all will be able to cherish.
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