Gemma Atkinson leaves Gorka Marquez fighting tears as fans praise daughter's response to loss
08.05.2024 - 10:25
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Gemma Atkinson appeared to leave Gorka Marquez emotional as she reshared a moment between her and their daughter in response to loss. Fans of Bury-born Gemma will know that she tragically lost her father, David, when she was just 17 years old.
The Hits Radio host previously shared how David tragically died in 2002 when she was 17 years old. She told how her dad's colleague found him hunched over his desk, struggling to breathe or move, as he was having a heart attack. Within a few days, they were told her dad was OK and put it down to stress and told him to slow down.
But tragically, as the family prepared for him to return home, the hospital called and said David had a massive heart attack in his sleep and passed away.
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During an episode of her podcast, The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson, last year, Gemma was heard speaking about letting children know from a young age that 'death is a part of life'.
It is then that she spoke about how her four-year-old daughter Mia thinks of her grandad, despite her arrival into the world coming years after his untimely passing. She said: "Mia thinks her grandad David lives in the moon. Whenever the moon comes out she says, 'Oh Grandad David's out'. She says he's in the moon with Vera which was an old family dog and the Queen."
Gemma also previously shared a video of a younger Mia looking at the window for the moon and talking about her 'GanGan David'. The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star has now reshared the sweet clip after she found herself looking back at memories from when Mia was even