I want to teach him how to deal with disappointment. ', Jodie insists she was never bothered by the 37-year age gap between them. "Des was the ultimate entertainer," she continued. Entertainer Des O'Connor has died at the age of 88, his agent has confirmed. "Those ten days were among the happiest I've ever had. Talking for the first time in depth about his feelings of love for the little boy who came so late in life, Des says: "I've got books on how to be a dad to a boy, what to teach him, what not to teach him, how to create that father-son bond, and how to keep it going.". The producers were knocked out and offered her the job immediately. Kataem O'Connor, Actor: 11.22.63. "He's two years and three months old now, and I can't really recall any one special moment in his life, because something happens every hour of every day that just melts me and makes me so glad that the little fellow is here. Some Medicare fraud from Florida? Des - a showbusiness legend who takes over as the host of television's. with Gillian Vaughan{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Gillian Vaughan", "gender": "Female" }, Kristina O'Connor{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Person", "name": "Kristina O'Connor", "gender": "Female" }, born 1987, age 33 Des O'Connor CBE Bio Details. She said: 'What are you saying?' He was a long-time TV chat-show host, beginning with The Des O'Connor Show in 1963, which ran for ten years. It must have been tough, but those early experiences have made them the sensible, levelheaded girls they are now.". When Adam was born there were some critics who said I just wanted to walk about with a trophy baby, and others wrote that I was selfish, 'becoming a dad at his age'. Waking up at 6am isn't nearly so bad because I know I can walk in and see his little face. Season 9 Adam Makes his first appearance in Ties of the Earth he starts out as Jade's Biology project partner. In his days as a live performer, where bookings were taken a year in advance, he would find himself working as his eldest daughters entered the world. I just want to sit and watch him, because it's so nice looking at him. There is a swimming pool and a gym, where Des works out religiously - for Adam. They all screamed their delight. Full name. The Democratic party contender for President. Des O'Connor. The other week, I even got stuck trying to slide down his plastic kids' slide. ... Adam O'Connor. Unfortunately, we have lost the Gem, he has passed at the age of 88 years old. Des O'Connor dead: TV legend dies aged 88 Des O’Connor declared he hoped to live to 95 and see his son get married after becoming a dad again … It is a far cry from his earlier experience of becoming a father. He says: "I was shocked by the scale of the coverage - but looking back, when I was a father at 55 that made the front pages, too. "I want to do this right - I've never raised a son before. Des and Jodie share a home in Buckinghamshire - not a celebrity show-home, but a family house where pictures of his beloved daughters laugh down from the walls. With three marriages behind him, 75-year-old Des O'Connor is clearly not averse to tying the knot. Des and Jodie's son Adam was the ring bearer at their wedding. I want to help him through those vulnerable teenage years, help him celebrate the driving test and just be there with him when he needs me. Des says: "My first thought was 'Oh, but I wanted another daughter - I know how to deal with them,' but then I thought: 'A little boy - I'll be able to play football with him and take him to matches and look after him the way my dad did with me. So I said to Jodie: 'I think it's about time we had our own little baby'. Adam still gets piggybacked up the stairs by me. "But no matter how much I tried to keep away, I found myself thinking about Jodie more and more - I couldn't get this incredible girl out of my mind. 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