Lord Alan Sugar's brother dies of Covid: Apprentice star pays tribute to 'life-time Spurs fan' Derek who 'became another victim of virus which added to his underlying health issues'
- Lord Alan Sugar has paid tribute following the death of his older brother Derek'
- Life-time Spurs fan' died after virus added to underlying issues, Lord Sugar said
- The Apprentice star shared a photo of Derek and said it was a 'sad day' for familyLord Alan Sugar has revealed that his older brother Derek has died of coronavirus.
The businessman, 73, took to social media in the early hours of the morning to pay tribute to his sibling and share a photo of him.
He described Derek as being 'long suffering' and said coronavirus added to his underlying health issues.
The Apprentice star added it was a 'sad day' for his family.
Derek, who Lord Sugar described as a 'life-time Spurs fan', was one of the billionaire's three elder siblings.
He also has two sisters called Daphne and Shirley.
Derek, Lord Alan Sugar's older brother, has died of coronavirus, the Apprentice star revealed this morning
Lord Sugar described Derek as being 'long suffering' and said coronavirus added to his underlying health issues
Lord Sugar wrote: 'Today I lost my long suffering brother Derek another victim of Covid which added to his underlying health issues.
'He was a life time passionate Spurs supporter.
'I never forget my sister in law joking with me thanking me for buying him the club. A sad day for us all in the family.'
Lord Sugar is 12 years younger than his youngest older sibling, the children of low-income, working-class Jews who were raised on a council estate.
In his biography, he wrote: 'I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.'
He also said he hardly remembers his brothers and sisters living at home
Lord Sugar was chairman and part-owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club from 1991 to 2001.
The buisnessman was criticised in June when he suggested Britain’s first Covid lockdown should be eased because no one he knew had died of the virus - after spending six months in his holiday home in Florida.
He said at the time: 'I think Prime Minister Johnson unfortunately had a problem himself and I think he's being a little bit too cautious if you ask me, just slightly.'
Last week, reports emerged claiming that Lord Sugar reportedly wants to relocate filming of The Apprentice to Australia in 2021 as 'life there is almost back to normal' amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The business mogul, 73, is currently in Sydney while he films the down under version of the show, and is thought to have been impressed with how things are.
It comes after this year's season of the British version of the show was cancelled due to difficulties assuring social distancing and the challenges of shooting overseas.
A TV insider told The Sun: 'Lord Sugar has loved filming in Oz and has told BBC bosses that for next year's UK series he'd like to take it out there.
'While London is like a ghost town, there's a real buzz in Australia and New Zealand, where life is almost back to normal amid the pandemic.
'There would be plenty that the teams of hopeful entrepreneurs could do, whereas filming in London is likely to still be tricky next year, especially as the restrictions change all the time.'
In September, Lord Sugar hit out at 'unfair' criticism of the Government's reaction to Covid-19, hailing Chancellor Rishi Sunak's response.
'But I do think they need to demand that people come back to offices and support the City, support the economy,' he said at the time.
'The City is suffering as there are no workers there, so until they really push to get more people there it will continue to look like a ghost town.'
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