TV presenter Dale Winton will be laid to rest at a ‘non-religious’ Humanist memorial service attended by friends including Christopher Biggins and Gloria Hunniford later today.
The Supermarket Sweep star passed away in April at his home in north London, two years after he revealed he was battling depression.
The TV giant, who died aged just 62, revealed in his final TV interview in 2016 he revealed he could not meet anyone to spend his life because he spent too much time chasing ‘mean and nasty’ men.
TV presenter Dale Winton will be laid to rest at a ‘non-religious’ Humanist memorial service today (pictured in 2016)
The Supermarket Sweep star passed away in April at his home in north London, two years after he revealed he was battling depression
He said: ‘Nobody wants a camp, over 60-year-old man. I can’t go on dating sites. I’m quite well known so the minute you see the picture it’s desperately unattractive to another gay man to find a guy in showbusiness on there’.
He added: ‘It’s time I went from troubled boys to nice guys’.
Christopher Biggins, 69, told the Mirror: ‘It’s terrible. He was 62, he should never have died. It’s awful.’
Gloria Hunniford, 78, will also be attending the service.
The UK Humanist organisation confirmed said: ‘We’re very proud to be giving the humanist funeral of a national treasure, Dale Winton.
‘He was loved so much and by so many – and tomorrow his loved ones will be celebrating the life he led and the positive impact he had on their lives.’
The service will begin at 1pm at Old Church on Marylebone Road in central London.
Christopher Biggins, who will be attending the service, said: ‘It’s terrible. He was 62, he should never have died. It’s awful’ (pictured: a bouquet of white roses outside Dale’s former home)
The TV giant, who died aged just 62, revealed in his final TV interview in 2016 he revealed he could not meet anyone to spend his life because he spent too much time chasing ‘mean and nasty’ men