JEREMY Kyle "suicide" victim Steve Dymond will be laid to rest in a pauper's funeral arranged by the local council in front of a few mourners today.
Steve, who failed a love-cheat lie detector test last month and died of a drug overdose days later, will be buried at Kingston Cemetery in Portsmouth.
Ex-fiancee Jane Callaghan said "no one else came forward" to arrange his funeral, which prompted the Portsmouth City Council to step in.
The 48-year-old said she got a call about the grave-side service, The Mirror reported.
ITV permanently axed the show after running for 14 years following the 63-year-old's death.
Steve, from Portsmouth, appeared on the show to try and convince Jane that he hadn't been unfaithful.
Jane claimed the digger driver was determined to go in front of the cameras despite having underlying health concerns – and he had claimed he'd applied for the show 300 times.
She added he got a doctor’s letter confirming he was medically fit so he could take the show’s test and convince her he had not been unfaithful.
'NO ONE ELSE CAME FORWARD'
Their segment was filmed on Thursday, May 2 and Jane last saw him four days later.
The couple split after he failed the lie detector test as friends feared Steve took his own life.
He was found dead by his landlady 10 days after appearing on the show.
It is thought he died of an overdose of medication prescribed for his painful arthritis.
Steve left three notes before his death – none of which blame the programme for his tragic overdose.
Jane said she was sent the notes found at his bedside by police.
YOU'RE NOT ALONE
EVERY 90 minutes in the UK a life is lost to suicide.
It doesn't discriminate, touching the lives of people in every corner of society – from the homeless and unemployed to builders and doctors, reality stars and footballers.
It's the biggest killer of people under the age of 35, more deadly than cancer and car crashes.
And men are three times more likely to take their own life than women.
Yet it's rarely spoken of, a taboo that threatens to continue its deadly rampage unless we all stop and take notice, now.
That is why The Sun launched the You're Not Alone campaign.
The aim is that by sharing practical advice, raising awareness and breaking down the barriers people face when talking about their mental health, we can all do our bit to help save lives.
Let's all vow to ask for help when we need it, and listen out for others… You're Not Alone.
If you, or anyone you know, needs help dealing with mental health problems, the following organisations provide support:
- CALM, www.thecalmzone.net, 0800 585 858
- Heads Together, www.headstogether.org.uk
- Mind, www.mind.org.uk, 0300 123 3393
- Papyrus, www.papyrus-uk.org, 0800 068 41 41
- Samaritans, www.samaritans.org, 116 123
Just before his death Steve texted Jane to say he could not face life without her.
In desperate messages he wrote: "I can’t live without you. I just wanted to come and see you.
"I just wanted to say sorry before I go. My life is not worth living without you."
Jane, who said Steve had been diagnosed with depression, told Sun Online: “He wanted to go on. He was really excited and confident. But it was all a front and I knew it. He wasn’t well at all.”
She told The Mirror: “I just got a phone call from the council to say they had arranged the funeral themselves because no one else had come forward.
“I will go with my daughter because I don’t want to regret it later but I still have very mixed feelings about it.
“I’m still all over the place. I was told there’s only a couple of people who asked to be kept informed of the funeral. It’s sad it has ended like this.”
The inquest regarding Steve's death was adjourned until November 21.
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