{"id":70094,"date":"2023-10-29T07:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=70094"},"modified":"2023-10-29T07:48:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:48:48","slug":"shirley-ballas-talks-heartbreaking-details-about-brothers-death-and-final-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/shirley-ballas-talks-heartbreaking-details-about-brothers-death-and-final-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Ballas talks heartbreaking details about brothers death and final days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shirley Ballas was left devastated when her older brother, David, took his own life 20 years ago at the age of 44. David struggled with depression and was \u201cin a terrible place\u201d prior to his death.<\/p>\n

Shirley, 63, and her mother Audrey tried to help him, with Audrey going to stay with him and trying to take him to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Opening up about his final days, the Strictly Come Dancing judge told us: \u201cOne incident in particular which stands out was when [my mum] took him to the hospital, they pulled up and he knew somebody who was standing on the step. He made us turn the car around and he wouldn’t go back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen they gave him these tablets to take. After he died, I read the small print and it said they may escalate feelings of suicide, which it did.\u201d<\/p>\n

One day, Audrey left David at home while she went to watch Shirley\u2019s son, Mark Ballas, in a show in London. \u201cThat one day…that’s when he took his own life,\u201d Shirley added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen David died, I still remember I’d let my son stay out for the first time ever. The door went at 6am and me and mum came down the stairs. The police came in and they said, \u2018Mrs Rich\u2019, and I stepped aside and mum moved forward, it was her son.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat will forever be etched in my mind and I think from that day to this I’ve realised material things mean nothing… nothing is more important than your loved ones, I’d rather live in a box and have my brother with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shirley added that she has also struggled with her mental health and realised it runs in her family.<\/p>\n

In a bid to make a change, the dancer embarked on a trio of challenges to raise money for suicide prevention charity CALM.<\/p>\n

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