{"id":279860,"date":"2026-01-11T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/279860\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:08:10","slug":"lorraine-kelly-reveals-she-is-in-mourning-after-death-of-her-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/279860\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine Kelly reveals she is in mourning after death of her father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TV presenter <strong>Lorraine Kelly<\/strong> has said she is \u201cmourning\u201d the death of her father and has asked for privacy during the \u201cdistressing\u201d time.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish presenter, 66, known for hosting her own ITV breakfast programme, announced on Saturday that her father, John, had died.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being in poor health, his death came as a shock to the broadcaster who paid tribute to the man who taught her to be \u201ccurious\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTVhYMBDGnN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>She said: \u201cVery sad news. My dad has died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am mourning the man who bought me a telescope when I was five years old, who watched the moon landings with me and taught me to always be curious and interested in everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was in poor health but it has still been a shock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny of you who have experienced a similar loss will know how my brother Graham and I are feeling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1004\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lorraine-kelly-reveals-she-is-in-mourning-after-death-of-her-father.jpg\" alt=\"Women of the Year Awards\" data-title=\"Women of the Year Awards\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Lorraine Kelly attending the Women of the Year Awards at Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority is taking care of my mum and the family would very much appreciate privacy at this distressing time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will miss you dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friends and fans have shared their condolences in the comment section including TV presenter Davina McCall, actress and Loose Women panellist Denise Welch and sports presenter Gabby Logan whose father, the former footballer Terry Yorath, also died this week.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cOh Lorraine I am so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has said she is \u201cmourning\u201d the death of her father and has asked for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-279860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115878514138311143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}