George Gilbey’s family and friends are struggling to raise funds for the Gogglebox star’s funeral, following his tragic death last month.
The TV personality fell to his death in a horror accident at work at the age of 40, after not wearing a harness.
His family and friends have set up a GoFundMe page to help them with funeral costs, but they have been unable to reach their target of £5,000.
Family friend Rob Barlow put in the appeal to help cover the costs, setting up the GoFundMe page for the funeral.
George rose to fame on the second series of the show alongside his mother Linda McGarry and step-father Pete in 2013.
His sudden death comes less than three years after his step-father died from bowel cancer aged 71.
The family left Gogglebox in 2014 following George’s stint on Celebrity Big Brother as this broke the network’s rule – but were welcomed back to the show two years later.
Following the news of his death, George revealed to The Sun: “George had not been in a good way and maybe should not have been working at all.
“He was up on the roof and the others were shouting at him to get down and to be careful.
“He was shouting back that he was all right, even though he was not very steady on his feet.
“Then, he apparently came through a skylight so fell from the outside of the roof about 80ft on to concrete inside,” adding that George “did not stand a chance.”
The show’s Instagram page shared the heartbreaking news of his death on their feed.
The message read: “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.”
