Celebrity medium Derek Acorah shared a message with fans telling them “life is too short” just hours before his death.
The TV psychic passed away at the age of 69 this weekend following a brief illness, his wife Gwen confirmed in a Facebook post on Saturday (04.01.20).
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Only hours earlier on Friday, a post shared on Derek’s Instagram account urged fans not to start their days with “the broken pieces of yesterday”.
The pic featured a photo of Derek and included the message: “Life is too short to start your day with broken pieces of yesterday.
“It will definitely destroy your wonderful today and ruin your great tomorrow.”
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In the post’s comments, Derek’s fans rushed to offer their tributes.
One said: “Just heard Derek has passed away, so sad to hear this, my thoughts are with his family… RIP Derek x x.”
Another wrote: “RIP Derek, my condolences to his family xx.”
A third put: “Aw no. How very sad. Condolences to his family.”
Life is too short to start your day with broken pieces of yesterday.
Someone else commented: “Sending all my healing love to you and family… terribly saddened.”
“Rest in peace, I’m so sorry,” said a fifth.
In her message for fans confirming Derek’s death, Gwen – his wife of 24 years – wrote on Facebook: “Farewell my love! I will miss you forever!
“I’m devastated to announce that my beloved husband Derek has passed away after a very brief illness. Thank you so much to everybody who has supported me – I can never thank you enough.”
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She then turned her attention to a couple she said “hounded” him while he was in a coma, branding them “vile” and warning that she would never “forget nor forgive”.
She wrote in a scathing attack: “To the vile couple who hounded him for responses to their ridiculous campaign whilst he was in intensive care in a coma, I hope you have the decency to hang your heads in shame. I have things to deal with now but I won’t forget nor will I forgive what you have done!”
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