George Gilbey, Gogglebox and Celebrity Big Brother star, dies aged 40

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Gogglebox star George Gilbey has died aged 40.

The information was first shared by TV persona Ricci Guarnaccio, who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2014 alongside Gilbey.

“Breaks my heart but George Gilbey you are well and truely [sic] going to be missed my friend,” he wrote on X on Wednesday (27 March).

“Always lit up the room, cared for others & the memories we made I’ll cherish for ever brother. From CBB to speaking to you last week, I’m going to hugely miss you ma boiii! Love you GG.”

Guarnaccio added in one other tweet that Gilbey had died in a “workplace accident”.

A spokesman for Essex Police stated: “We received a report of an incident at Campfield Road in Shoebury at around 10am this morning (27 March), during which a man who was working at height had fallen and sustained an injury.

“The ambulance service including air ambulance were in attendance. Sadly, the man died at the scene.

“We will continue liaising with partners including the Heath and Safety Executive. A cordon remains in place at the scene.”

Gilbey, from Clacton-on-Sea, Essex was greatest recognized for showing on Gogglebox – the Channel 4 actuality sequence the place viewers watch individuals watching and commenting on in style TV exhibits – alongside his mom Linda and his step-father Pete. The trio joined the present in its second sequence in 2013.

They briefly left the present, however returned for its seventh run in 2016 and remained common fixtures till Pete’s loss of life aged 71 in 2021.

In a press release, Channel 4 stated: “George was part of the Gogglebox family for eight series alongside his mum Linda and step-dad Pete. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Linda, and George’s family and friends at this very sad time. The family have asked for privacy.”

Speaking to The Sun after Pete’s loss of life, Linda stated: “Pete was a lovely man and I was so lucky to have him for 25 years. I said to him, ‘We’ve not only been 25 years, it’s been day and night with each other.’ He was my life.”

She added: “When they told Pete he only had six months, I said to him, ‘We have done things that nobody else would ever do in a life time.’

“We’ve been to marvellous places. He was so proud of George when he was on Big Brother too.”

The couple had been each foster mother and father, having fostered greater than 100 kids since 2000.