Graham Norton on losing ‘good friend’ during the Aids epidemic

The 61-year-old remembered that 'people would just vanish' from his social circle during the outbreak

Graham Norton on losing ‘good friend’ during the Aids epidemic (Matt Crossick/PA)

Graham Norton has reflected on living through the Aids epidemic, which saw the “big loss” of a close friend.

The Irish chat show host said he arrived in San Francisco, California, when the city had decided “to close all the saunas and sex clubs and things” in the early 1980s.