Heartbroken David Baddiel announces father Colin has passed away and says ‘he left a huge hole in my sky’

DAVID Baddiel announced tonight that his father Colin has passed away.

The comedian and author, 57, shared the sad news on Instagram along with a photo of his father in his youth with his three sons – David, Ivor and Dan.

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He wrote: “My father Colin Baddiel passed away earlier tonight. Thank you to all of you who have sent incredibly lovely messages about him in response to all of my posts over the years. He left a big hole in my sky.”

Dedications flooded in from friends and celebrity followers.

Vanessa Feltz commented: “David, I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. I wish you, Ivor and your youngest brother a long life. My warmest condolences and best wishes.” .

Fay Ripley said: “Oh David, I’m absolutely delighted with this news. Your dad was always part of the conversation. I’m pretty sure he still will be. Sorry. To you and your brothers as well as your family so much love. X.”

On Twitter, Piers Morgan shared: “So sorry to hear this, David. He seems like a great character and I love your relationship. RIP Colin.”

Colin has spent years battling a rare form of dementia known as Pick’s Disease, which affects the parts of the brain that control emotions, behaviour, personality and language.

In a 2017 Channel 4 documentary called The Trouble with Dad, David revealed how he stopped his children Dolly and Ezra, then 15 and 12 years old, from visiting him because of inappropriate comments. your suit.

He told The Radio Times: “The funny thing about the documentary is that he’s always been unbelievably rude, swearing, antisocial, impatient, capricious and sexually depressed, so so It is very difficult to understand that it is a disease.”

David, who makes the show with his brother Ivor to raise awareness of the condition, added: “He doesn’t understand who the kids are anymore.

“He was never a cuddly grandfather. He didn’t always know Ivor and I.

“He understands that he has a son and can recognize pictures of us from our teens, but he seems to think that we should still look that way.”

Three Lions singer David’s mother Sarah passed away in 2014. He performed regularly in Stand Up To Cancer in memory of her passing, turning his grief into a comedy.

He said last year: “When I did my show about my mother, a lot of the things people don’t usually say about a recently deceased parent, mainly her sex life.

“Both of my brothers asked me if I had to do it and I said, ‘You’re going to have to trust me that this comes from a love affair.”

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