Squeaky George News Today

George Gilbey told colleagues that he was alright after they said they were worried about the height he was working at moments before he fell 80ft to his death.

Reality TV star George Gilbey, 40, who was once a regular on the Channel 4 show, plunged 35ft from an Essex building on Wednesday morning, and now police have made an arrest.

George, once a favourite on the Gogglebox sofa with his mother Linda McGarry and stepfather Pete, died after falling from the roof of EGL Homecare in Shoebury, near Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Behind the jokes and the banter,George Gilbey appeared to have some trouble adjusting to the fame he found with the hit Channel 4 show and ending up in court for his off-screen behaviour.

The 40-year old former TV personality fell to his death while working in Shoebury, Essex, just three years after losing his stepfather to bowel cance r.

George Gilbey, 40, died after falling from the roof of ELG Homecare in Shoebury, near Southend-on-Sea, Essex, on Wednesday.

It began as an experiment on Channel 4 but became a phenomenon, with the 21st series of Gogglebox now airing and a documentary later this month will celebrate its decade on screen.