Kate Garraway in 'strange bubble of numbness' as Good Morning Britain star in update after husband Derek Draper’s death
11.01.2024 - 08:07
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Kate Garraway has told her Good Morning Britain co-star that she's in a 'strange bubble of numbness' following the death of her husband Derek Draper. The presenter was heartbroken to share the news of Derek's death last Friday, January 5, almost four years after contracting Covid changed their lives.
Derek was a former Labour lobbyist-turned-psychotherapist. and became ill with the virus at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. He was taken to hospital where he was put in an induced coma with Kate previously saying how Covid had "wreaked havoc" on her husband's body.
Derek, who was 56 when he died earlier this month, spent just over a year in hospital before returning home to Kate and their children - Darcey and Billy - in April 2021 where he needed round-the-clock care due to the damaging effects the virus had on his body.
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However, as she announced his tragic death, Kate explained how Derek had suffered a cardiac arrest in early December which, she said, "because of the damage inflicted by Covid in March 2020, led to further complications."
Kate continued at the time: "Derek was surrounded by his family in his final days and I was by his side holding his hand throughout the last long hours and when he passed. I have so much more to say, and of course I will do so in due course, but for now I just want to thank all the medical teams who fought so hard to save him and to make his final moments as comfortable and dignified as possible."
She later shared a message with her GMB colleagues, which was read by her