Michelle Keegan has paid a sweet tribute following a heartbreaking death in the family. The former Coronation Street actress took to Instagram to honour ‘Grandad Eddie’, the grandfather of her husband Mark Wright, who had died aged 92.
Eddie, a former champion boxer and paramedic, been in hospital since a fall last June. Michelle, 37, who recently announced she was pregnant with the couple’s first child, wrote: “Grandad Eddie.. a gentleman in every sense of the word.”
Her husband Mark also paid an emotional tribute, sharing bittersweet memories of his late granfather. The former Towie star, also 37, wrote: “For 37 years that I have known you Grandad, I wondered and even asked you when I was a little boy numerous times “when do you think you will go to heaven”. I posed this question often, because I dreaded it so much.
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“I’ve had messages from hundreds of people, some I haven’t seen in over 20 years. EVERY message has the same words written in some way. GENTLEMAN – KIND – LEGEND!! All these things you were and more. You loved your family so much and your biggest success is how close we all are and how many of us there is.
“You never got angry, you backed us no matter what, you never said no, even when I asked you to come on my stag do in Vegas at 83 (you still hold the record for the only person ever to order a cup of tea in a Vegas nightclub at 2am). If you told us off for being little s**** growing up, you’d apologise.
Mark Wright shared an emotional tribute to his grandad Eddie after his sad death
(Image: Mark Wright Instagram)
“You waved us off from the window every time we left your house & even 3 hours before you fell asleep forever, short of breath & not much energy left, you uttered the words “il come down and see you off son” that sums you up, you put EVERYONE first.
“You made everyone feel so special and left a lasting impression on everyone I know. My friends love you, my wife loves you and everyone you met loves you. Grandad you can never be replaced because you was 1 in a million, but we can make sure your legacy lives on. I will continue to be the gentleman you taught me to be, will look after Nanny and continue to make you proud as 1 thing is for sure, you were my biggest supporter.
“Thank you grandad for everything. I’m so grateful I got to love you, be your mate, that you was my teacher, my boxing coach, my taxi driver, my idol, MY GRANDAD EDDIE you legend I LOVE YOU FOREVER.”