Paul O’Grady said he was ‘in heaven’ while making elephant documentary months before his death which will mark his final TV appearance [Video]

Paul O’Grady admitted he was ‘in heaven’ while filming his final TV documentary just months before his shock death aged 67 last year.

It was announced Paul had died ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ from sudden cardiac arrhythmia at home with his partner Andre Portasio on March 28.

His final TV project was Paul O’Grady’s Great Elephant Adventure, which he was finalising his work on just days before he died.

The documentary was filmed across Thailand and Laos in December 2022, while Paul’s voiceover work was completed in the weeks leading up to his death.

The two-part series, which will be shown over Easter on ITV, will follow Paul as he helps out at centres by caring for the endangered species.

According to the show’s producer and Paul’s longtime friend, Claire Barton, while he was at …