Bobby Davro opened up about the last heartbreaking phone call he had with Freddie Starr and fears that he was the last person to ever speak to him.
The 76-year-old entertainer's body was discovered by his carer at his townhouse in Feungirola on Thursday afternoon.
Recent reports have claimed that Freddie Starr in 'thousands of pounds of debt' as he dies a recluse in Spain in unpaid water bills and community fees when he died.
Paying tribute to his friend on Good Morning Britain today, he branded Freddie the "funniest man ever".
Freddie Starr in 'thousands of pounds of debt' as he dies a recluse in Spain
However he also hinted that no one ever really knew him and that he could be a recluse who "pushed people away".
Bobby told hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard: "I might have been one of the last people to speak to him because I went over to Spain to do a couple of gigs last year. Someone said that Freddie was living in that place in Spain.
"I got in touch with him, I found his number and phoned him up. At first he didn't really feel like talking and called me back.
"He said, 'How you doing Bob' and I said, 'Alright, how are you Freddie? Would you like to meet up for a cup of tea? I'm in town.' And he said, 'No, I've not been feeling too well'."
Bobby added: "Just by looking at the pictures... I want to remember the Freddie we all remembered."
An autopsy is expected to take place later today at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Malaga to rule out the possibility it was the result of a crime.
The former I’m A Celebrity star sold up and left the UK after losing a £1 million libel case against Karin Ward, then 57.
She claimed he had put his hand up her skirt when she was a teenager, before callously dismissing her as a “a**less wonder.’
He sued her for libel after she gave interviews saying she was “horribly, horribly humiliated” by the fallen comic.
A High Court judge ruled Miss Ward was telling the truth and dismissed the case in July 2015.
Starr, pictured entertaining pub drinkers at a karaoke in a Fuengirola bar in 2016, became the subject of one of the most famous newspaper headlines ever in 1987 over claims he ate a hamster after a performance at a nightclub.
He later insisted the hamster claim was a complete fabrication.
*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
