{"id":89360,"date":"2025-08-24T11:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89360\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:02:11","slug":"eamonn-holmes-heartbreak-as-host-addresses-tragic-death-without-warning-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/89360\/","title":{"rendered":"Eamonn Holmes’ heartbreak as host addresses tragic death ‘without warning’ | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eamonn Holmes<\/a> marked the anniversary of his dad’s birthday in an emotional post as the GB News<\/a> host revealed his loved one died without warning. The former This Morning presenter, 65, took the opportunity to remember<\/a> his late father in a heartfelt message. He explained that Saturday (August 23) would have marked his dad’s 100th birthday. Eamonn’s dad, Leonard Holmes, died aged 64 after suffering a fatal heart attack while driving in 1990.<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram<\/a> Eamonn penned a heartwarming message as he was swiftly inundated with messages of support. Sharing a black and white photo of his dad, he wrote: “My Dad Leonard, had he lived, would have been 100 today. Instead he died without warning at the age of 64. I took my looks and most of my personality from Mummy… but what an influence that man had on me!<\/p>\n

“I think fondly about him every day, every single day. He was a joker and a prankster with a contagious work ethic and I know he lives on in me and my 4 brothers! From us all Cheers Daddy. Miss you more than words can ever say x. Oh, and Happy Heavenly Birthday!”<\/p>\n

His 769,000 followers reacted to the heartbreaking message as I’m A Celeb<\/a>‘s Gillian McKeith shared a heart emoji.<\/p>\n

A social media user penned: “Lovely post Eamonn and your dad has a kind face x Happy 100th birthday in Heaven to him.”<\/p>\n

A second shared: “Lovely photo of your dad Eamonn. Missing them can be so hard at times, even years on. I think they do live on in us and I do think my dad does too.”<\/p>\n

A third noted: “Oh so like you and lovely Ruth\u2019s son Jack.”<\/p>\n

Eamonn replied: “Claire, I tell Jack that too. Glad you see the resemblance.”<\/p>\n

The broadcaster previously discussed his dad’s sudden death during appearance on Irish show The Meaning Of Life in 2021, he said: “He’s been gone 31 years now but I still miss him every day.<\/p>\n

“I can’t recall my late father without thinking of how he always wanted to provide\u2026 even when I had a successful career. I think like all of us he just liked to be needed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eamonn Holmes marked the anniversary of his dad’s birthday in an emotional post as the GB News host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5909,96,59,8678,44679,44678,44680,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-89360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eamonn-holmes","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-heart-attack","12":"tag-heartfelt-tribute","13":"tag-leonard-holmes","14":"tag-sudden-death","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}