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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert review – an unflinching portrait of 20 years of sadness

Will Young
‘I’m just grateful I had 42 years with him’ … Will Young. Photograph: Channel 4

The family sifts through childhood photos and marvels at the happiness. “Carefree … Look at your little tummies,” says his mother. His father feels the need to put them away. “So much waste. So much joy, so much potential … Such a waste that he’s gone now.”

They are the parents of the singer Will Young, who found fame in 2002 as the charming and worthy winner of Pop Idol, and his twin, Rupert. They are looking through photos of the boys as part of a moving documentary about Rupert, who killed himself last year after enduring anxiety, depression and alcoholism for more than 20 years.

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