The funniest, happiest and kindest person you could ever meet. That's how Alyson Vaughan has described her younger brother Andrew Brady.
Sadly, 35-year-old Andrew, of South Shields, took his own life on Tuesday April 11, after what Alyson says was a long battle with his mental health issues.
He leaves behind his two children Leon, 15, and Kristen, 9, as well as his wider family, who Alyson says he loved dearly and would "give his last" for. Despite the three years between siblings Alyson and Andrew, he was "always by her side", and she is heartbroken by her younger brother's death.
