The priest brother TV presenter Declan Donnelly died from a suspected bleed on the brain, friends have said.
Fr Dermott Donnelly, 55, was taken to North Durham Hospital after he complained of a headache then collapsed.
He was parish priest at St Joseph’s Church in Stanley, County Durham, and the older brother of Declan Donnelly, a member of comedy duo “Ant and Dec”.
Friend and colleague Father Peter Kyi Maung, who served with Fr Donnelly told the Mirror: “He was hardly breathing in the bed, it was so sad.
