Monty Don ‘deeply saddened’ as he pens emotional post after Eddie Butler’s death

Monty Don took to Twitter to tell fans he was “deeply saddened” by Eddie Butler’s death. The rugby star died in his sleep while in Peru aged 65. The Gardeners’ World host, 67, was one of many celebrities to pay tribute to the late captain on social media today.

In view of his 280,000 followers, he wrote: “Shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the death of Eddie Butler.

“I have known Eddie since he was a gangly 18 year old star player at University.”

Monty went on to say that Eddie was “a wonderful rugby player” who became a “superb commentator and a fine man”.

Many of the presenter’s fans joined him in paying tribute to Eddie.

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The monarch died aged 96 surrounded by her loved ones at Balmoral last week.

While filming for Gardeners’ World, Monty said he had captured something referring to the Queen’s Jubilee.

“That, of course, will now have to be changed. But now, everything has changed. Just a deep sense of sadness and gratitude,” he typed.

To brighten his week up, the presenter followed up his post with a picture of him with his new dog.