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My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding brothers Billy and Joe Smith tributes paid | My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding brothers Billy and Joe Smith tributes paid |
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Tributes have been paid to twin brothers found dead together who had appeared on Channel 4 reality TV show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. | Tributes have been paid to twin brothers found dead together who had appeared on Channel 4 reality TV show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. |
Billy and Joe Smith, aged 32, who took part in a 2014 episode, are understood to have taken their own lives near Sevenoaks, Kent, on Saturday. | |
A Facebook page set up in their memory has 3,000 followers, and hundreds have posted personal tributes to the pair. | A Facebook page set up in their memory has 3,000 followers, and hundreds have posted personal tributes to the pair. |
Their deaths in Dibden Lane are not being treated as suspicious. | Their deaths in Dibden Lane are not being treated as suspicious. |
'Happy-go-lucky' | 'Happy-go-lucky' |
Family member Carla Rumsey, who set up the Facebook page, said the pair were "such big characters" who were greatly loved and who "lived for each other and their family". | Family member Carla Rumsey, who set up the Facebook page, said the pair were "such big characters" who were greatly loved and who "lived for each other and their family". |
She added: "They came into this world together and went into the next together. | She added: "They came into this world together and went into the next together. |
"They were happy-go-lucky but it shows you cannot always see what hides behind a smile." | "They were happy-go-lucky but it shows you cannot always see what hides behind a smile." |
Billy's partner Kristina posted her own tribute on social media. | Billy's partner Kristina posted her own tribute on social media. |
Cousin to the pair, Pheobe Charleen Smith also took to Facebook, calling the men "stars" and saying " the stars belong in the sky". | Cousin to the pair, Pheobe Charleen Smith also took to Facebook, calling the men "stars" and saying " the stars belong in the sky". |
She said they were "more like brothers" than cousins to her, and called them her inspirations, and the strongest people she knew. | She said they were "more like brothers" than cousins to her, and called them her inspirations, and the strongest people she knew. |
Paddy Doherty, one of the stars of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, posted a video tribute, saying the deaths of the "two good looking boys" were a "terrible tragedy". | |
Kent Police said the twins' deaths were not being treated as suspicious and officers were preparing a file for the coroner. | |
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