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Former Gogglebox and Superstar Large Brother star George Gilbey has died after a tragic work accident aged 40.
Mr Gilbey, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, rose to fame on the second sequence of Gogglebox along with his mom Linda McGarry and her husband Pete in 2013.
His sudden demise comes lower than three years after his father and co-star Pete died from most cancers aged 71.
The Gilbey household left the Gogglebox couch in 2014 when George entered the Superstar Large Brother home on rival Channel 5 – which was deemed a rule breaker by producers. His dad and mom later rejoined the programme in 2016.
George, who had a seven-year-old daughter Amelie Iris Gilbey with Gemma Conway, was a part of the fourteenth sequence of Superstar Large Brother and reached the ultimate.
Fellow TV persona Ricci Guarnaccio, who entered the Large Brother home the identical yr, tweeted immediately: ‘Breaks my coronary heart however George Gilbey you’re nicely and truely [sic] going to be missed my good friend.
Former Gogglebox and Superstar Large Brother star George Gilbey has died aged 40. Right here he’s pictured along with his mom Linda and late father Pete
The Gilbey household left Gogglebox in 2014 when George entered the Superstar Large Brother home on rival Channel 5
George Gilbey is pictured throughout Superstar Large Brother in 2014
Tributes have poured in to the late TV persona
His tragic demise comes lower than three years after his father Pete (proper) died from most cancers aged 71
‘At all times lit up the room, cared for others & the recollections we made I will cherish for ever brother. From CBB to chatting with you final week, I will vastly miss you ma boiii! Love you GG.’
Mr Guarnaccio, who additionally starred on Geordie Shore, mentioned that George’s demise got here because of an ‘accident at work’.
And a spokesman for Essex Police mentioned: ‘We acquired a report of an incident at Campfield Highway in Shoebury at round 10am this morning (27 March), throughout which a person who was working at peak had fallen and sustained an damage.
‘The ambulance service together with air ambulance have been in attendance. Sadly, the person died on the scene.
‘We’ll proceed liaising with companions together with the Heath and Security Government.
‘A cordon stays in place on the scene.’
Tributes have flooded in for George who was described as ‘one in 1,000,000’ by one good friend.
One other wrote: ‘Cannot consider what I am studying, you have been the happiest, the lifetime of the celebration & such a giant a part of the HTA household. You can be very missed, rip George.’
George Gilbey is pictured on Superstar Large Brother. He made the ultimate within the fourteenth sequence
George labored at a Morrisons grocery store in the course of the pandemic
A 3rd mentioned: ‘No phrases. Rip George James Gilbey. Sending our like to Linda McGarry and the household. So unhappy.’
And a fourth posted: Completely speechless. Relaxation in everlasting peace George James Gilbey. Considering of all your loved ones, life’s actually is merciless & tomorrow isn’t promised!’
5 years after showing on CBB, George was jailed for 3 years for drink driving. He was arrested after petrol station workers smelled alcohol on him.
George admitted to drink driving at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Courtroom and was jailed on account of serving a neighborhood punishment following a drunken bust up along with his ex-girlfriend Gemma the yr prior.
George and Gemma had met in 2015 on the Royal Ascot Races and introduced their being pregnant in February the subsequent yr, with the funnyman saying changing into a father was ‘going to completely change my life and I can not wait.’
Simply 4 days in the past, George has posted on Fb that he had bought a gymnasium membership and shared a photograph of him sweating after a exercise.
In the course of the pandemic, George additionally revealed that he was working at a Morrisons grocery store.
‘Everybody’s gotta do their bit… ‘, the fact TV star captioned his picture on the time as he joined hundreds of workers working in the course of the international disaster.
