Dragons' Den star was told his father had taken his own life on wedding day
ok.co.ukFollow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag BBC broadcaster Evan Davis found out through a phone call on his wedding day that his seriously ill father had taken his own life.The Dragons' Den star, 61, said he was alerted that something was wrong soon after he married Guillaume Baltz, 56, by a message from his brother Roland which urged him to "call ASAP".
The news came during his wedding reception in July 2022 and the occasion turned into "a very warm-hearted, supportive, reflective day" as he told guests in a speech his father had died with the support of his brothers Roland and Beric.
He told his guests at the time: "We've just had some news. My father's died. But I don't want you to be alarmed. He was very elderly and it was definitely time. "There's actually nothing we can do.
So I'm going to propose that we carry on." He told them in the following days how his father had died. Speaking to The Sunday Times, Evan said that his father, Quintin, 92, had been diagnosed with bowel cancer and his heart was failing.
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