DEVASTATED Gogglebox star Linda McGarry has revealed the special location the family will scatter her son George Gilbey's ashes. Popular George tragically died in March, aged 40, after falling from a warehouse roof while working. The accident left the family heartbroken, and they are still struggling to come to terms with it.
Linda, 74, revealed how she and George's ex, Gemma Conway, took his daughter Amelie to Lanzarote in the summer - and they now plan on returning with George's ashes in the future . “It was perfect for Amelie," she told the Mirror . "We went a whole week without crying in front of her.
I promised her that [Lanzarote] is going to be our special place. It was absolutely wonderful.” Amelie visits Linda's home for one weekend every month, and the loving grandmother has created a 'fairy room', which contains George's belongings, for her to spend time in.
READ MORE ON GOGGLEBOX Losing George has had numerous difficult consequences for Linda, who is living with Parkinson's. She recently suffered a stroke , which she thinks was due to the stress of the loss, and revealed it could have been much worse. “I’m so lucky that my friends were here and they got me to the hospital," she said.
"On the tests, they couldn’t find where it had come from, but I think it’s the shock of George. There’s no bigger stress than what I went through.” Most read in News TV George died three years after his 71-year-old stepdad Pete McGarry, passed away from bowel cancer .
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