{"id":329427,"date":"2026-03-05T01:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329427\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T01:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:51:13","slug":"hollyoaks-star-emmett-j-scanlan-announces-the-death-of-his-brother-in-heartbreaking-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329427\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks star Emmett J. Scanlan announces the death of his ‘brother’ in heartbreaking post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmett J. Scanlan has announced the death of his ‘brother’ in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Irish actor, 47, was\u00a0inundated with condolences from his former Hollyoaks<\/a>\u00a0cast mates, including Jamie Lomas.<\/p>\n

‘Fly free brother Georgy, you gorgeous sublime angel\u2026 I’ll miss the f***** bones of ye\u2026’, he wrote.<\/p>\n

Emmett’s actress wife Claire Cooper also paid tribute on her social media, writing: ‘Fly high, dear George. Like we talked about, the veil is so thin \u2026closer than we think.<\/p>\n

‘Call on us sometime and let us know how you’re doing. Until then, rest easy dear one and enjoy that healing pool that awaits you.<\/p>\n

‘Thank you for being so dear to my husband and me. You will always be loved.’<\/p>\n

\"Emmett <\/p>\n

Emmett J. Scanlan, 47, has announced the death of his ‘brother’ in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Tuesday<\/p>\n

\"'Fly <\/p>\n

‘Fly free brother Georgy, you gorgeous sublime angel\u2026 I’ll miss the f***** bones of ye\u2026’, he wrote<\/p>\n

This Morning presenter Dermot O’Leary, Gaby Roslin, Anna Friel and Lucy Jo Hudson were among the stars to share their support for Emmett and Claire.<\/p>\n

Emmett was pictured for the first time since announcing the death of his brother on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The actor was seen on set filming the second season of Guy Ritchie’s MobLand alongside lead actor Pierce Bronsan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emmett stars as the head of security to Pierce’s character Conrad Harrigan’s family in the crime drama series.<\/p>\n

The Paramount+ crime drama launched last year, with Tom Hardy, 48, playing Harry Da Souza, who works as a fixer for the Harrigan crime family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The star-studded cast also includes acting heavyweight Dame Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the ensemble are Paddy Considine, Janet McTeer, Toby Jones and Lara Pulver, to name just a few.<\/p>\n

MobLand was created by Ronan Bennett, with executive producers including Guy Ritchie and Jez Butterworth.<\/p>\n

\"Emmett's <\/p>\n

Emmett’s actress wife Claire Cooper (pictured) also paid tribute on her social media, writing: ‘Fly high, dear George. Like we talked about, the veil is so thin \u2026closer than we think’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Irish actor was inundated with condolences from his former Hollyoaks cast mates, including Jamie Lomas<\/p>\n

\"Emmett <\/p>\n

Emmett was pictured for the first time since announcing the death of his brother on Wednesday<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The actor was seen on set filming the second season of Guy Ritchie’s Mobland alongside lead actor Pierce Bronsan (pictured)<\/p>\n

\"Emmett <\/p>\n

Emmett stars as the head of security to Pierce’s character Conrad Harrigan’s family in the crime drama series<\/p>\n

\"MobLand <\/p>\n

MobLand was created by Ronan Bennett, with executive producers including Guy Ritchie and Jez Butterworth<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It was renewed for a second series in June 2025, having launched on the streaming platform three months earlier<\/p>\n

It was renewed for a second series in June 2025, having launched on the streaming platform three months earlier.<\/p>\n

Last month, a colossal fireball engulfed a warehouse near the River Thames on Sunday night, as director Guy Ritchie<\/a> pulled off a huge stunt for the new series.<\/a><\/p>\n

The drama lit up London’s skyline as an explosion tore through a warehouse near Newham, shocking locals and sending flames high into the sky.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were placed on standby as filming commenced for the second series of the Paramount+ show.<\/p>\n

One stunned local said: ‘We heard this massive bang and the whole sky lit up orange.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘For a second we thought something had gone terribly wrong – then we realised it was a film set. It was absolutely mental.’\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emmett J. Scanlan has announced the death of his ‘brother’ in a heartbreaking Instagram post on Tuesday. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[539,93,61,60,1489],"class_list":["post-329427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}