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The 46-year-old's ceremonial was held connected Tuesday conscionable weeks aft producers hoped to motion him for the Channel 4 show
- Amanda Devlin, Assistant Showbiz Editor (Features)
- Published: 17:15, 23 Jan 2025
- Updated: 17:16, 23 Jan 2025
PAUL Danan was successful concealed talks to prima connected Channel 4’s First Dates conscionable weeks earlier his death.
The 46-year-old was feeling hopeful for the future arsenic helium prepared for a TV comeback to crook his beingness astir and find his happily ever after.
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It followed a near-death acquisition six months agone erstwhile the erstwhile Hollyoaks prima was astir killed from respiratory nonaccomplishment brought connected by a vape addiction.
Facing decease gave Paul a caller lease of beingness - admitting it was a “miracle” helium had survived.
A root told The Sun: “Paul was feeling truthful excited astir the aboriginal again and optimistic astir uncovering idiosyncratic helium could stock the remainder of his beingness with.
“He loved being connected telly and First Dates seemed similar a large accidental to get backmost onto the dating scene.
“Obviously producers were truly keen to motion him up knowing however fashionable helium was and they were successful discussions astir him joining the next series.
“He would person been superb connected a day successful the celebrated edifice - with a existent accidental of uncovering love.”
Instead, conscionable weeks later, Paul was recovered dormant astatine a spot adjacent to Bristol. His origin of decease is yet to beryllium confirmed.
His funeral took spot connected Tuesday, with Boyzone’s Shayne Lynch, Layer Cake histrion Tamer Hassan and Hollyoaks stars among the guests.
Cast members and friends of Paul person since created a JustGiving leafage to assistance rise money for his nine-year-old lad DeNiro.
Paul was champion known for playing Sol Patrick successful a four-year stint astatine Hollyoaks earlier starring successful the archetypal bid of Celebrity Love Island successful 2005.
Paul Danan's haunting last instagram station revealed conscionable days earlier tragic decease aged 46
His astir caller TV quality was connected bid 7 of Celebrity Coach Trip successful 2022.
In a last station connected societal media, Paul shared his excitement with fans implicit a imaginable caller acting role.
He had auditioned for a Shakespeare accumulation of A Twelfth Night to play Orsino.
A Channel 4 spokesperson confirmed to The Sun: "Paul’s cause was approached to find retired if helium mightiness beryllium funny successful appearing successful the upcoming main series."
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Behind the headlines, Paul was a sweet, vulnerable, big-hearted guy
BY Oliver Grady, Assistant Showbiz Editor
Paul Danan whitethorn person grabbed his stock of file inches implicit his each excessively abbreviated 46 years, from his colourful emotion beingness to his well-documented struggles with addiction, but down the headlines, determination was a precise sweet, vulnerable, big-hearted guy.
I’ve met and spoken with Paul galore times implicit the years and person ever had a brushed spot for him. He was funny, articulate, astute and large company.
Yes, helium had his demons, but helium was precise unfastened astir them and was ever striving to beryllium a amended mentation of himself.
He was highly arrogant of his theatre company, The Morning After, which helium acceptable up to assistance chap addicts enactment done their trauma done play and acting.
While helium seemed mislaid astatine times, and connected respective occasions opened up to maine astir his conflict to beryllium taken earnestly successful the manufacture aft his backstage beingness exploits overshadowed his nonrecreational accomplishments, helium intelligibly recovered a intent successful supporting others and helping them enactment connected the way of recovery.
There was lone 1 happening Paul was prouder of than his betterment and his theatre company, and that was his lad DeNiro.
Paul lit up erstwhile helium spoke astir his boy, and looked guardant to spending the weekends with him arsenic helium co-parented with the lad’s mum.
His whatsapp photograph was him beaming with DeNiro, and helium loved to speech astir his offspring’s accomplishments and his hopes for his future.
It breaks my bosom that DeNiro present has to spell done the remainder of his beingness without his dad, and Paul volition ne'er spot him turn up.
I past heard from Paul astatine Christmas, erstwhile helium near maine a voicenote saying helium had immoderate breathtaking things planned for 2025.
I told him we’d drawback up successful the New Year, but sadly we ne'er got the accidental to.
I’ll miss you Paul. You were 1 of life’s bully ones.
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