'I WISH YOU WERE HERE, DAD. YOU'D BE SO PROUD OF ME'

TV star Gemma Atkinson shares precious memories of her father and the pain of his passing in this heartfelt tribute in her own words

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Gemma Atkinson was just 17 when her beloved dad David died of a heart attack at just 52. Here, as she marks the 24th Father's Day without him, Gemma, in support of the palliative care and bereavement charity Sue Ryder, pens an incredibly moving open letter to him in which she tells him how much he meant to her and how she and fiancé Gorka Marquez and their children, Mia and Thiago, continue to keep his memory alive.

Happy Father's Day, Dad.

I've lived through so many of them without you now, but it never really gets easier.