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I was with PR icon Jai Evans days before his tragic death. Here's what I remember about the flamboyant entertainment personality who gave me an $18k fur coat during a drunken night out... and the final chilling text he sent me


He was the type of person you assumed would always be around, larger than life, always putting on a show, and forever making everyone feel like the most important person in the room

Evans, 43, who rubbed shoulders with the likes of Lara Worthington during his days as a party-hopping PR in the 2000s, was found dead last Wednesday in the apartment he was renting at the high-rise Horizon complex in Darlinghurst. Evans lived the high life, renting an upscale unit in the Horizon building - 'which can't have been cheap' - leading the source to suspect he may have had money troubles. One of his last PR jobs was helping Married At First Sight stars Duncan James and Evelyn Ellis 'hard launch' their real-life relationship after being paired with other people on the Channel Nine dating show.

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