George Gilbey (Image: PA) Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Gogglebox star Linda McGarry is struggling with a 'rollercoaster of emotions' after the death of her son George Gilbey . The 40-year-old is understood to have fallen 80ft to his death while working on Wednesday morning. He died at the scene. A colleague has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. Read More Related Articles Gogglebox star's tragic final words before he fell 80ft to his death Read More Related Articles Gogglebox star George Gilbey 'fell 80ft through skylight' to his death as colleague arrested Family friend Geordie Shore star Ricci Guarnaccio, who broke the news of George's death on Wednesday, said Linda has been inundated with messages of condolences. He told the Mirror : "I'm broken, just devastated The TV star, who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother with George in 2014, went on to say: "I’ve just got off the phone to Lin[da] and we had a laugh and a cry and went through every emotion. She wants to send a thank you to everyone who has sent their condolences and shared their happy memories of George." (Image: PA) Ricci continued: "It’s tough for her. To lose Pete [Linda's husband and George's stepdad] then her 40-year-old son… a rollercoaster of emotions. But she wants George to be remembered in a nice way. He was found in a pub and shot to fame in Gogglebox - he was one of the ogs. "Then he went into the Big Brother house alongside myself and we all just clicked. He got on with everyone. He was a ball of light. We spent a lot of time together when we left the house." Essex
police confirmed they had been called to the scene of a workplace incident in Shoebury on Wednesday. In a statement, the force said that a man who had been working at height had sustained an injury from a fall and died at the scene. A man was later arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with George's tragic death. Ricci and George struck up a friendship inside the house and remained close pals for the last 10 years. The CCB stars said he had recently caught up with George before his sudden death. "I spoke to him last week, wanted me to post for his friend’s daughter - he was always looking out for people," he added. Top news stories today Grieving parents demand justice for tot Dad's knife threat after school fight Mum threw weedkiller in cop's face Scots paedophile
prison death probe "He loved his daughter more than anything in the entire world and I think that is what’s most devastating," the Geordie Shore star continued. "A mother has lost her son and a young daughter will have to bury her father." George became a fan-favourite on TV show Gogglebox after he joined the cast with his family in 2013. He later went on to try his luck on Celebrity Big Brother, making it to the final in 2014. Following his stint on Celebrity Big Brother, George delighted telly fans Delighting fans everywhere when he returned to the sofa for Gogglebox in 2016 with his mum Linda and stepdad Pete McGarry. But sadly, in 2021, Pete suddenly passed away at 71, mere days after being told he had just six months to live due to bowel
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