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Wales Online
25-05-2025
- Health
- Wales Online
Gabby Logan's heart-breaking tribute 33 years after brother's sudden death
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Gabby Logan has shared a touching tribute to her brother Daniel, who died when the pair were just teenagers, 33 years ago. In a tribute posted to her Instagram on Saturday, May 25, Gabby said: "It's 33 years. So much has happened, so many huge landmarks passed. I will always acknowledge Daniel's wonderful life. But there is a hole that is never filled, a gap that always needs navigating and that has been the challenge for all of us. A beautiful, painful and brilliant challenge. And that is life. Daniel Aiden Yorath 25.7.76 - 25.5.92." Daniel died suddenly in 1992 due to an underlying heart condition. He collapsed while playing football with their father Terry Yorath, the former professional Welsh footballer. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here It was later found that Daniel, who had been signed to play for Leeds United just before his death, had undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - a heart disease which affects the heart's ability to pump blood around the body. Ms Logan told the following to BBC Wales Live in 2022: "He was playing football in the garden with my dad and he fell over. "My dad thought he just was messing about and went over and rolled him over, and he basically died on the spot - and had no previous indications whatsoever that there were any health problems at all with him. "It's like a sledgehammer coming down and sending everybody off in different directions, because it's such a catastrophic thing to happen, and no warning - and everybody responds differently." The former rhythmic gymnast was just 19 when her younger brother, 15-year-old Daniel, died. She told the ainslie + ainslie Performance People podcast in April that she was trying to run from her grief rather than face it and eventually reached a breaking point. She said: 'I was running around running from my grief probably and then by the end of my first year at university, so just around the time of his first anniversary I had some first year exams and it all kind of came crashing down. 'I'd stopped sleeping properly. I felt very wobbly, I just kind of lost my balance and I went to see a doctor and he gave me some sleeping tablets and I thought 'That's not what I need'. 'Even I knew that's not the answer to what was going on, it was much deeper than that, it was the plaster and my dad had had a lot of problems with sleeping tablets. He said 'Don't take those, that's not a good route'.' (Image: Mirrorpix) Gabby was able to forge a successful a career first in athletics and then in broadcasting. It is the latter career that she has begun to speak more about and how it felt to present some of the nation's biggest shows. Her father Terry, who formerly played for Leeds United and was the Wales football manager, and mother Christine have also campaigned to raise awareness and money for children's heart charities over the years.
Wales Online
27-04-2025
- Health
- Wales Online
Gabby Logan admits ‘it all came crashing down' after family heartbreak
Gabby Logan admits 'it all came crashing down' after family heartbreak Gabby Logan, who's hosting BBC's coverage of the London Marathon, has spoken deeply about the emotions she felt in the months following the death of her younger brother Gabby Logan TV host Gabby Logan has spoken about the impact the loss of her brother had on her life. The former rhythmic gymnast just 19 when her younger brother, 15-year-old Daniel, died. She told the ainslie + ainslie Performance People podcast that she was trying to run from her grief rather than face it and eventually reached a breaking point. Gabby, 52, said that she eventually sought medical help and was prescribed sleeping pills before her father, former professional footballer Terry Yorath, warned her against them. Article continues below She recounted: 'I was running around running from my grief probably and then by the end of my first year at university, so just around the time of his first anniversary I had some first year exams and it all kind of came crashing down. 'I'd stopped sleeping properly. I felt very wobbly, I just kind of lost my balance and I went to see a doctor and he gave me some sleeping tablets and I thought 'That's not what I need'. 'Even I knew that's not the answer to what was going on, it was much deeper than that, it was the plaster and my dad had had a lot of problems with sleeping tablets. He said 'Don't take those, that's not a good route'.' Gabby Logan Gabby added that at that moment she realised she needed counselling and wanted to do so in a situation that wouldn't put any extra pressure on her parents who were also grieving the loss of their son. Despite her massive loss, Gabby was able to forge a successful a career first in athletics and then in broadcasting. It is the latter career that she has begun to speak more about and how it felt to present some of the nation's biggest shows. Speaking on her own Mid Point Podcast with BBC Radio 5 Live's Rick Edwards, she talked about the toll reporting on sad news can have on people. She said: 'I remember the last time I filled in on 5 Live Breakfast, I remember coming away and feeling really sad, that day some terrible things had happened (on the news). I rang Kenny and said 'I don't know how people do this every day' because you do take on a lot in those three hours.' Gabby Logan In return, Rick shared his own experiences about reporting on breaking news stories that not only break the world, but break the hearts of the journalists who report on them. He remembered: 'When I first started (on Radio 5 Live) I don't think I realised that I was taking stuff on. But I did when Russia invaded Ukraine. 'After a few weeks of that, it was obviously horrendous and I just had a sort of moment where I was like I feel really sort of really, really down and I couldn't quite figure out why and then it just sort of clicked. Well, it's that, it's quite relentlessly bleak.' Article continues below Gabby will be back on our screens today to host the BBC's coverage of the London Marathon.
