Kate Garraway is said to be in bits following the passing of her beloved husband Derek Draper with her friends rallying round the star to support her during this time of "grief and absolute sadness", according to a close pal.
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Derek Draper has died at the age of 56, almost four years after becoming one of the first people to become seriously ill with Coronavirus. His wife, TV presenter Kate Garraway, confirmed the tragic news in an Instagram post on Friday (January 5).
Garraway said she was “by his side holding his hand throughout the last long hours”. She added: “I’m sad to have to tell you all that my darling husband Derek has passed away. As some of you may know he has been critically ill following a cardiac arrest in early December which, because of the damage inflicted by Covid in March 2020, led to further complications.
She also said Derek was 'surrounded by his family in his final days' before going on to thank the medical teams who 'fought so hard to save him and to make his final moments as comfortable and dignified as possible.'
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Draper, a former Labour lobbyist, contracted coronavirus in March 2020 and was taken to hospital where he was put in an induced coma. He spent just over a year in hospital before returning home to Kate and their children - Darcy and Billy - in April 2021 and has needed round-the-clock care ever since due to the damaging effects the virus had on his body.
The political adviser was part of one of Britain’s most prominent media power couples with his marriage to TV presenter Garraway. The New Labour spin doctor reached great heights of influence in the 1990s but became best known for his involvement in the “lobbygate” scandal.
A former researcher for Blairite Peter Mandelson, Mr Draper became a director of lobbying firm GPC Market Access in 1996 and set up the New Labour organisation 'Progress' with Liam Byrne, who went
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