FILLED WITH REGRET ‘I BLAME myself for Rod Hull’s F@T@L accident’ says This Morning star as they share HEARTBREAKING story behind his D3@TH

THIS Morning star Gyles Brandreth has revealed he blames himself for “killing” legendary entertainer Rod Hull.

Rod, famed for his emu and its TV attacks on Michael Parkinson, died in 1999 after slipping from the roof of his bungalow and falling, suffering a severe skull fracture and chest injuries.

Gyles Brandreth blames himself for "killing" Rod Hull
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Gyles Brandreth blames himself for “killing” Rod HullCredit: Rex

He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

Now, former MP Gyles, 76, has admitted he had encouraged his friend to climb up on the roof to adjust his aerial after complaining about his awful TV reception, which would ruin that night’s football viewing.

When Rod became exasperated with his TV picture while watching a Champions League match between Manchester United and Inter Milan, at half-time he decided to follow Gyles’ advice.

The brodcaster admits on his Rosebud podcast tomorrow: “I killed a man – it was Rod Hull, the emu man.

“We were at the theatre, we were at the first night of Animal Crackers – it was a show about the Marx brothers.

“Terrible, terrible weather that night. And he was sitting next to me, and he was complaining all through the show – was interrupting the show almost – going on about how he wanted to get home because he wanted to watch the football, but his Sky aerial wasn’t transmitting properly.

“And I said, ‘Don’t moan about it, if you want to watch the television get a ladder out, climb on to the roof, and fix it Rod.’

“And after the show, in this stormy weather, he went home, he got out a ladder, he climbed the ladder, and he tried to fix the aerial.

“Unfortunately the wind was very great and he fell backwards off the ladder and killed himself.

“So I wasn’t actually there, but I’d encouraged him.”

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Rod was 63 when he died in the incident declared by an inquest to be accidental.

Gyles went on to tell how Rod had previously declared his wishes for his funeral to recognise the emu for being the other half of his successful career – by having a knocking sound accompanying the entry of his coffin.

He added: “It was a great funeral though because at his funeral the coffin came in, and as the coffin was being carried in, it was a sort of [constant tapping sound].

“He’d arranged a beak sound to be inside the coffin as though the emu was also in the coffin.”

Rod died in 1999 after slipping from the roof of his bungalow and falling
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Rod died in 1999 after slipping from the roof of his bungalow and fallingCredit: PA:Press Association

He was famed for his emu and its TV attacks on Michael Parkinson
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He was famed for his emu and its TV attacks on Michael Parkinson

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