Bobby Davro's 8 months of hell after fiancée's death as he suffers stroke
Comedian Bobby Davro has had a heartbreaking past few months following the death of his fiancée.
The former EastEnders star suffered a stroke after collapsing at his comedy show. He had walked off stage to a standing ovation at the Coulsdon Comedy Club in south London last Thursday night, but suffered a "funny turn". Bobby is said to be "struggling" following the loss of his fiancée Vicky Wright in May last year.
Vicky - the daughter of late footballer Billy Wright - had previously been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Bobby has now cancelled his upcoming appearances after becoming "unwell" last week. A source told the Mirror: "Bobby was taken unwell during a gig last week in Surrey. Everyone in the crowd were hugely concerned about him. Bobby has now cancelled his upcoming gigs and is taking some time out. He has been struggling since the loss of his fiancée Vicky last year but threw himself into work to try and keep his mind off it."
Bobby suffered a stroke following his concert last week (Can Nguyen/REX/Shutterstock)
His fiancée Vicky died last year following a cancer diagnosis (Piers Allardyce/REX/Shutterstock)Bobby and Vicky were together for 12 years and he previously shared his pride at how "strong" Vicky – whose father also died from pancreatic cancer – was amid her devastating diagnosis. Vicky sadly died last year as Bobby announced the news on his social media. He wrote: "It's been just over a week since my beautiful [Vicky] left this world and it's only now I feel strong enough to share my feelings."
"I want to thank everyone for their support and expressions of love and kindness you have shown me and Vicky's family and loved ones. To think we will never hear her voice to hear laughter look into her beautiful eyes see her smile to hold her and to kiss her is devastating and so incredibly painful. She will be in my thoughts and in my heart forever. She was my Schluffe and I loved her and always will."
Comedian Bobby Davro distraught as fiancée diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
He has previously shared how Vicky's diagnosis cost him his on-stage acting career. "It was very difficult, it cost me my pantomime career," he said on TalkTV. "I was late twice and I didn't miss one show and I worked probably better than I had ever worked before because I needed that, that's my medicine - making people laugh, getting out there and working. I need that, when I am not working it upsets me. It was painful for me not to receive the support from my work area, they didn't support me at all.
"In fact, I paid a price for it because I had to keep going backwards and forwards and she was in agony. Not one phone call did I get. They criticised me on a couple of things where I was late and got delayed because of this dreadfulness that was going on."
Bobby had been using work as a way to keep busy through the heartbreaking time. He told the Daily Star: “Thank goodness I’ve got my work, because it keeps my mind off this for a bit of time. I don’t want the fact I’m keeping working to sound selfish. Everyone who knows me knows it’s just a distraction for a bit of time from trying to help Vicky."
He later confessed to not looking after himself. Speaking just days before Vicky's death on a podcast called Eyes And Teeth, Bobby admitted: "I'm drinking, I'm smoking, I'm not looking after myself. I have a little bit of grief in my life – my lovely fiancée has got cancer unfortunately and it has brought a lot of stress.
"I haven't done a lot of social networking because obviously I've had a few private issues with my fiancée and it's been difficult. So I haven't really had a chance to do a lot of social networking but I'm going to try and get someone in to help me so I can get it out there."
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