'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' Brothers Die in Suicide Pact
by EG
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding stars Bill and Joe Smith were found dead over the weekend near a family home in England. The twin brothers were reportedly devastated over Joe's battle with cancer and had made a suicide pact with one another. Read on for details.
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Twin brothers who starred on the British TLC reality show “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” died in an apparent joint suicide, according to reports.
Bill and Joe Smith, 32, were discovered hanging from a tree in the Kent woodlands in the United Kingdom on Saturday, The Sun reported.
Police were called to the scene around 11:30 a.m. after the two bodies were found near a farm, according to the Independent.
The deaths are under investigation, though the case isn’t being treated as suspicious.
“The next of kin of both men are aware and being kept updated,” a Kent police rep told the Independent.
“Big Brother” and “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” star Paddy Doherty mourned the brothers’ death in a tribute on Facebook.
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding twin brothers Billy and Joe Smith named in suspected double suicide https://t.co/gnqv0HIBfV
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 29, 2019
“RIP PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE TWO DEAR SOULS,” Doherty wrote. “God rest rest [sic] them in peace.”
Family members said Joe had recently been diagnosed with cancer and his battle weighed heavily on his twin brother.
“Joey had cancer, and Billy told him ‘I’d never be able to live without you,'” cousin Phoebe Charleen Smith told the Telegraph.
She said Joe recently informed the family that he was living cancer-free, though they’re now skeptical about that claim in the wake of his death.
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