PAEDO children’s entertainer Rolf Harris’ health deteriorated after his beloved dog died, a neighbour has said.
The sex offender, 92, who is battling neck cancer is “gravely ill”, cannot talk or eat and is under 24 hour care.
And now it’s been revealed that his condition went downhill after his poodle Bumble, who never left his side, died.
Harris’ neighbour, Portia Wooderson, told The Telegraph the death had “knocked him really badly”.
She said: “Soon after, Rolf’s own health took a turn for the worse.
“Only carers and nurses, who care for him 24 hours, come and go.”
It comes two years after the disgraced Australian performer was last seen in public walking his dog near his rural estate in Bray, Berkshire.
But private investigator William Merritt said former TV personality Rolf Harris, who assaulted four girls as young as eight, “turns into a big kid again” whenever someone walks into the room.
Mr Merritt, who wrote a book about Harris’ trial, said he is “gravely ill”, adding: “He’s battling a cancer of the neck, and gargles when he talks. It’s difficult to understand him, but he is still the entertainer.
“As soon as one of two people walk into the room, he turns into a big kid again.
“He’s an artistic type, and he’ll try to perform on cue, even when he’s unwell.”
Paedo Harris was released from prison in May 2017. He has since been living as a recluse in Bray, Berkshire, with wife–of-64-years Alwen Hughes, who has Alzheimer’s.
He was convicted on 12 counts of indecent assaults, including one against an eight-year-old girl.
Two of the girls he assaulted were in their early teens and he also abused his daughter’s friend, who was over 16.
He served three years of his five year and nine month sentence.
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He has never spoken publicly since his release but released a statement in Mr Merritt’s book Rolf Harris: The Defence Team’s Special Investigator Reveals the Truth Behind the Trials.
The child abuser said: “I understand we live in the post truth era and know few will want to know what really happened during the three criminal trials I faced – it’s easier to condemn me and liken me to people like Saville and Glitter.
