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

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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. READ MORE: Paul O'Grady fans gather in Birkenhead for heartfelt rendition of Who Let The Dogs OutDespite losing contact, they only legally divorced in 2005 after being married for 28 years, but Paul said he had never been in a relationship with her.

Teresa told the Daily Mail: "Paul always made me laugh and I always used to say he would make someone very happy and he was a lovely man, we had such a good friendship and it's a shame we drifted apart. "'Him offering to marry me to help me out was just one of those things that Paul would do, he would help anyone, he was very kind natured and you can see that, he would help anyone if they needed it.

I was sad when I heard he had died, I was surprised though because every time I saw him on the TV and in the newspapers he always looked so good and he was still young, he wasn't old like me at all. "Paul, originally from Birkenhead, also had a daughter, Sharon, with his close friend Diane Jansen, in 1974.