Paul Danan’s funeral is expected to take place today. (Image: Getty)
Paul Danan will reportedly be laid to rest today after . The funeral is expected to be attended by his family and famous friends, including his Hollyoaks co-stars.
Paul comes from a Moroccan Jewish family and, keeping with Jewish tradition, services are held within days of getting the death certificate.
According to , the funeral will take place in Waltham Abbey in Essex, close to where the Love Island star grew up.
The actor was found dead at a property near Bristol last Wednesday (January 15).
said officers were called to an address in Brislington, Bristol, at about 5.20pm on Wednesday, “where sadly a man in his 40s was declared deceased by paramedics”.
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Paul Danan was found dead last week. (Image: Getty)
She added that the death “is not being treated as suspicious and officers are preparing a file for the coroner”.
It later emerged that Danan died the day before he was .
Danan had been due to appear for a plea hearing at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, after being charged with being in possession of several bags of cocaine and a “quantity” of cannabis.
He was also accused of driving whilst under the influence of drugs on October 2 last year, in Warrington, Cheshire.
Danan had been open about his struggles with addiction, entering rehab and trying to recover.
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Paul Danan had been open about his struggles with addiction. (Image: Getty)
Last year, Danan told The Sun about his addiction to vaping, saying over e-cigarette use.
He also said he was warned by a nurse that if he was to “ever smoke in any form again, I risk being linked to an oxygen tank later on in life”.
Danan quit smoking in 2021 and said he then became “obsessed” with vapes, and would “always have one in my hand, I would even go to sleep with it, like a comfort thing”.
He had previously discussed his substance abuse and recovery on ITV’s The Jeremy Kyle Show in 2019, which he said began when he was a teenager.
In 2010, he pleaded guilty to drugs and public order offences, and was fined £350 and referred to a drugs agency for support by Stevenage Magistrates’ Court.
Paul Danan was known for his time on Hollyoaks and Love Island. (Image: Getty)
Danan as a contestant in 2005 and 2006, but did not win either series.
In 2017, Danan took part in Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother, when he was evicted early, and said at the time he hoped the series would give him a “second chance” at his career.
He regularly called for his return to Hollyoaks, and later began the podcast The Morning After With Paul Danan, which lasted from 2019 until 2023.
Danan’s other TV appearances included on E4’s Celebrity Coach Trip and Channel 4 sketch comedy programme The Kevin Bishop Show.