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Inside Jill Halfpenny’s tragedies – ‘pain’ following loss of dad; sudden death of partner; ‘shame’ over alcohol battle

Jill Halfpenny tragically lost both her partner and her dad after they suffered heart attacks. And she has bravely opened up about the loss.

The former Strictly Come Dancing winner has previously spoken out about how much she was impacted by the sudden deaths of her father and her partner, and even revealed she turned to alcohol as a way to cope. Colin, Jill’s dad, died at the age of 36 after suffering a heart attack during a game of five-a-side football. In her book – A Life Reimagined: My Journey of Hope in the Midst of Loss – Jill emotionally details the depth of her alcoholism.

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