Gogglebox star George Gilbey's daughters heartbreaking plea to Santa following death of dad

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Gogglebox legend Linda McGarry has opened up on the tragic death of her son George Gilbey and how their family is navigating life without him.Linda revealed that when her granddaughter Amelie Gilbey penned her Christmas list for Santa this year, she made a heartbreaking plea: that she'd happily give up all her presents if he could "bring my daddy back", reports the Mirror.The eight-year-old lost her dad - Celebrity Big Brother star George Gilbey - in March this year.

The self-employed electrician, died after falling 80ft through a skylight while working on a roof. He suffered fatal injuries.This Christmas will be the first his family will be without him.

And Linda, who starred on Channel 4’s Gogglebox for years with her son and her husband Pete, says Amelie desperately misses her dad.She says: “She’s done her Christmas list and it will break your heart.

It says, ‘You can forget all of that if you bring my daddy back’. They had a Daddies Day [at school] and a girl was crying because her parents had broken up and Amelie said, ‘My daddy’s always with me everywhere I go.