Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey dies aged 65 after battling ‘long illness’

Hilary Devey died in Morocco, her agent has introduced (Photos: BBC, PA)

Dragons’ Den star Hilary Devey has died on the age of 65, it has been confirmed.

The businesswoman, who appeared on the BBC One programme between 2011 and 2013, died in Morocco the place she had a property after battling an extended sickness.

A spokesperson mentioned in a press release: ‘I can verify that Hilary sadly died yesterday.

‘She had been in poor health for a while.’

Main tributes for the star, Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis mentioned: ‘So unhappy to listen to of the passing of the beautiful Hilary Devey.

‘She left us all with some implausible recollections, could she relaxation in peace. My ideas are along with her household.’

Devey was a favorite with Dragons’ Den viewers when she joined in 2011 (Image: BBC/Andy Farrington)

Devey appeared on Dragons’ Den alongside Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones (left-right) (Image: BBC)

Devey acquired an OBE in 2013 for companies to the transport business and to charity (Image: Getty Photographs)

Devey, who hailed from Bolton, turned part of the Dragons’ Den household in 2011 following the departure of James Caan.

She appeared alongside fellow dragons Peter Jones, Paphitis, Duncan Bannatyne and Deborah Meaden onscreen, incomes her spot on the panel after constructing her portfolio because the CEO and Chairman of Pall-Ex, the UK’s main palletised freight distribution community, which loved a wholesome turnover of £100million.

Explaining why she needed to become involved with the favored collection, the businesswoman mentioned in 2011: ‘In an effort to set-up Pall-Ex within the mid-nineties, I needed to promote my home and automotive to get the start-up capital essential to fulfil my enterprise ambitions, as not one of the banks appreciated my potential.

So unhappy to listen to of the passing of the beautiful Hilary Devey. She left us all with some implausible recollections, could she relaxation in peace. My ideas are along with her household. x

— Theo Paphitis 🇺🇦 (@TheoPaphitis) June 12, 2022

‘I'd have beloved the chance to have stood earlier than the Dragons, and I'll bear in mind my very own experiences and the realities of operating a enterprise at present, when selecting to help – or reject – the budding entrepreneurs becoming a member of me within the Den.’

The entrepreneur made a number of TV appearances over time outdoors of Dragons’ Den, together with Secret Millionaire which noticed her donate greater than £70,000 to the Again Door Music Challenge and the Syke Group Centre in Rochdale.

After leaving Dragons, she went on to seem on Channel 4’s The Intern, in addition to Channel 5’s The Enterprise Inspector and BBC Two miniseries Hilary Devey’s Ladies on the High.

Devey additionally turned a panellist on ITV’s Free Ladies in 2015 however left later that 12 months.

In 2013, Devey acquired an CBE for companies to the transport business and to charity.