11-02-2025
Hari Harris: 'Fun-loving' Shrewsbury influencer dies in fall
A lifestyle influencer has died after falling down the stairs at his home, his family said, prompting tributes from fellow influencers including Sophie Hinchliffe - known as "Mrs Hinch".Hari Harris' family were going through "the worst pain imaginable" after he passed away on Monday, his brother Luke told the 29, from Shrewsbury, had gained a following on social media by posting interior decorating recommendations for everything from wall lights to inflatable hot famed for giving cleaning advice to her millions of Instagram followers, paid tribute to his "beautiful bright eyes and reassuring words".
"I'm sending all my love and prayers to your wonderful family [and] friends especially your mum and brothers," she added in a comment on his Instagram page.
Luke, one of Hari's four brothers, told the BBC that his sibling had fallen down the stairs at home in the early hours of Sunday 42-year-old said the Harris family had already been through a lot following the death of their father 15 years ago and Hari was "my mum's golden boy".He added his brother was "fun-loving" and would always "light up the room".
Hari was a social media manager at Furrows, a Shrewsbury-based company that sells new and used cars - the firm has been contacted for suffered "significant bleeding" to his brain and several fractures in the "freak accident", according to an Instagram post written on his behalf on Monday by his mother."I have always lived life to the full which couldn't be possible any longer with my injuries," the post said."With my family's permission and blessing I'm going on a very long holiday far, far away."
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