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'Drunken dad's gun rampage that ripped my family apart': CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD chose to do panto on the day of his father's funeral... but the Strictly star never stopped loving him


For me, 2015 started on a high, with my new house and my 50th birthday. But it ended on a real low. On December 21 my dad, Philip Revel Horwood, passed away at 74.

On these trips, I would go to his farm (he’d previously been a lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy) and stay there for one afternoon or, on rare occasions, for one night. As a final gesture to Dad, when the inheritance came through, I dedicated an entire room in the house to create a refrigerated wine library cellar in his honour and a memorial park bench with a plaque in the garden. Six weeks later, in February 2016, I was winding up the Strictly tour at Wembley with the usual wrap party and, although things were tense between us, I was thrilled when Damon decided to come with his family.

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