The previous I am A Celeb contestant lived out his closing days alone along with his solely level of contact being along with his carer

I am A Celeb.. Get Me Out of Right here is now simply hours away from concluding with the quickly to be King or Queen of the Jungle set to obtain their crown. The remaining contestants embrace Shona McGarty, 34, Aitch, 25, Indignant Ginge, 24 and Tom Learn Wilson, 39, with the ultimate present airing on Sunday, December 7.

Because the 2025 sequence attracts to a detailed for one more yr, the programme has as soon as once more been stuffed with terrifying challenges, grim meals and camaraderie between campmates. Nonetheless, the sequence has been hit with some tragedy over time and among the contestants are sadly not right here.

One former jungle star that has now handed away is Freddie Starr. As soon as often called one in every of Britain’s greatest comedians, the late impressionist turned a recluse in his closing years, solely counting on his carer as his solely common socialisation.

The comic was additionally considered estranged from his six youngsters when he died. He entered the I am A Celeb jungle in 2011 at 68-years-old however bosses had been pressured to have him go away the present as a result of fears he would die throughout filming.

Freddie sparked concern when he collapsed throughout an intense trial towards Made in Chelsea star Mark Wright the place they had been challenged to eat a fermented egg, a pig’s anus and camel’s toe. Medical doctors consider that Freddie suffered an excessive allergic response through the grim Bush Tucker trial.

One supply instructed the Mirror on the time that bosses couldn’t danger the comic falling ailing once more and banned him from going again into the jungle.

The insider mentioned: “Freddie is clearly not nicely and life within the jungle is hard.

“The very last thing we wish is for him to get actually ailing or, heaven forbid, die reside on tv. It felt irresponsible to permit him again within the jungle.”

Freddie sadly died of a coronary heart assault in 2019 in his £170k one-bedroom flat on the Costa del Sol in Spain.

Based on studies on the time, Starr was so broke when he died that there have been plans to present him a pauper’s burial in Spain earlier than a form stranger supplied to pay for his reparation and funeral.

Funeral director Michael Fogg, from Sheffield, mentioned he ultimately lined the prices to ensure Freddie’s physique may very well be returned to the UK.

Michael instructed The Every day Mail: “Anybody who could make a funeral director snigger have to be a bloody good comic. And Freddie Starr might make me snigger.

“He should not be buried in international land, he must be introduced again to be in his personal nation.

“For these asking why I’m paying, nicely it’s my cash, it’s my enterprise and that’s what I need to spend my cash on. He must be reunited with the folks he cherished and his household.”

In the meantime, Freddie’s carer Nelly, from Bulgaria, instructed the Every day Document he had been estranged from his kinfolk for years. She was the one who discovered his physique when he died.

She mentioned: “Freddie had dangerous emotions about again residence, he felt the British folks had abandoned him.

“It could be horrible if Freddie finally ends up being buried in a pauper’s grave.

“I do not need to see that occur however I am nervous if I attempted to do one thing about it his kinfolk would object.”