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# Sir Dai Llewellyn dies of cancer
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## Sir Dai Llewellyn, the colourful Welsh baronet and lothario, has died of
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cancer in hospital.
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By Murray Wardrop and Chris Irvine 6:45AM GMT 14 Jan 2009
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The 62-year-old was receiving treatment for bone cancer at Edenbridge and
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District War Memorial Hospital, where a staff nurse confirmed his death.
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![Sir Dai Llewellyn dies of cancer ][1]
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Sir Dai was being treated for cancer, diabetes and cirrhosis, and had
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undergone radiotherapy for a tumour in his back
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In an interview in November, the bon-viveur said he was "riddled" with cancer
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and blamed alcohol for his health problems.
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The socialite said: "It's all down to the alcohol, it's all my fault. Oh what
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a joy, what a pleasure alcohol can bring you.
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"It can be one of life's great pleasures, but it can also cause great
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downfalls."
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Born in Aberdare, South Wales, in 1946, Sir Dai was nicknamed the "seducer of
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the valleys" for his appetite for wine, women and song.
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14 Jan 2009
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He was also brother to Roddy Llewellyn, who famously had a six-year affair
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with Princess Margaret.
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Sir Dai was being treated for cancer, diabetes and cirrhosis, and had
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undergone radiotherapy for a tumour in his back.
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His daughters Olivia and Arabella and his former wife Vanessa were at his
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bedside when he passed away at about 9pm on Tuesday night.
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Friend Dragomir Devedlaka said Sir Dai was transferred to the hospital for
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radiation treatment for bone cancer six weeks ago, having previously been at a
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Kent hospice.
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Paying tribute to his friend of 30 years, he said: "He was one of the best
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raconteurs in the world, if not the number one.
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"He was the perfect gentleman, and was the most amazing person to be with."
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Businessman Mr Devedlaka, who visited Sir Dai for the final time on the day he
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died, added: "I knew intuitively that it would be goodbye, because of the way
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he looked."
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"His daughters were there, and his ex-wife Vanessa was there. It was almost
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like a little party."
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Sir Dai was the son of 1952 Summer Olympics gold medallist showjumper Sir
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Harry Llewellyn.
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He grew up at Gobion Manor near Abergavenny and was educated at Hawtreys
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Preparatory School and Eton College before attending Aix-en-Provence
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University in Southern France.
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In 2007, Sir Dai stood in the National Assembly for Wales election as a UKIP
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candidate in Cardiff North where he came last and polled 3.7 per cent of the
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vote.
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Sir Dai married Vanessa Hubbard in 1980, with whom he had two daughters,
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Olivia, an actress, and Arabella, a City stockbroker. The couple divorced
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after seven years in 1987.
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Other women in his life included the 1960s pin-up Annegret Tree, Tessa Dahl,
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daughter of Roald, Judith (now Lady) Wilcox and the Swedish-born interior
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designer Christel Jurgenson, to whom he was briefly engaged in 2006.
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In 1999 he inherited the Llewellyn Baronetcy upon the death of his father,
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along with a home in Aberbeeg, near Abertillery.
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The Old Etonian was open about his love of living the high life, which
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included consuming large amounts of alcohol, claiming to have drunk eight
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bottles of wine, a bottle of rum, a bottle of port and a bottle of vodka in
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one night.
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Although cirrhosis of the liver and cancer confined the boulevardier to a
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hospice Sir Dai still relished a glass of wine a day to the very end of his
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life.
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Mr Devedlaka said: "When he was in the hospice, I used to take him to the pub.
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We used to have a little lunch, and a smoke and a glass of wine.
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"He was still young. He lived more in six months than the vast majority live
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in their lifetime.
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"He had no regrets whatsoever. The wonderful thing about Dai is that people
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associated him with the best restaurants and nightclubs, and the Learjets. But
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we used to go to greasy spoon cafes together, where you could get drunk for
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£5.
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"He's the only person I've ever met who lived every second of every minute of
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every day. He regarded sleeping as a waste of time.
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"In 30 years, I have never seen him once miserable. He was very happy, and
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made a lot of other people very happy."
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Funeral arrangements are expected to be confirmed later this week.
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