Paul O'Grady has paid tribute to his long-time friend, Cilla Black, who sadly passed away at the age of 72.
At Cilla's funeral, which took place yesterday, the 60 year old had everyone laughing as he recalled some of his favourite moments with the Blind Date presenter.
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He said: "She loved life, if you said to me, what do you think about Cilla, one word, laughter. That's all we did, we just laughed constantly. We got into a lot of trouble, I'll admit. But we laughed while we were doing it.
"I remember her losing her keys and getting wedged in a window in Barbados with me holding her ankles, and when the neighbours came out she shouted 'surprise, surprise'."
The TV presenter, who was speaking St. Mary's Church in Woolton, Liverpool continued: "I'm just so grateful that she allowed me into her whirlwind of a life, hellraising, if you'll pardon the expression.
The funeral was attended by plenty of famous faces, including Christopher Biggins, Les Dennis, Sir Cliff Richard, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carol Vorderman and Sir Tom Jones.