MRS Hinch has shared the heartbreaking news that her dad has died “suddenly but peacefully”.
Sophie Hinchliffe took to Instagram today to give her fans the devastating update, adding she was feeling “deep unimaginable pain”.
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Her dad Alan had long been involved in building furniture for her home – and her fans loved updates on it all.
Alan was also the namesake of one of her children – Lennie Alan James Hinchcliffe.
She posted on Instagram this morning: “25th April 2024. My precious Dad passed suddenly but so peacefully whilst he slept.
“My life, our whole world, has been turned upside down. A deep unimaginable pain I cannot put into words.
“My loving Dad, Your workshop is locked up and I sleep with the key. I promise to keep your workshop dream going. Until we meet and sing together again.
“Goodnight Dad. My absolute king. Your Bubberloo.”
She then shared the quote: “Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot.
“All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
Last year the social media influencer fought back tears as she revealed she was taking a break from online after her dad ended up in hospital.
Mrs Hinch said in April 2023: “My dad is in hospital at the moment guys. My dad has never been blessed shall we say with fantastic health – from his chest, his lungs, his heart.
“He’s always struggled you know.”
She heartbreakingly added: “I just want him to be happy.”
Mrs Hinch often shared special touches her dad had worked on for her home.
In 2022 Alan built her dining room table – which followers loved.
Taking to Instagram, the cleaning whizz, shared a photograph of the “perfect” new addition.
She went on to explain how the new family dining table was made from “eight Facebook marketplace chairs (£10 each), some scaffold boards, reclaimed wood and hours of hard work”.
Mrs Hinch added: “I am from a family where we absolutely LOVE our food, where Sunday roast dinners up the table with Yorkshire puds are a must.
“So to be able to sit at this beautiful table really means so much to all of us.”
She went on to thank her dad and added: “I know you’re reading this caption right now Dad, so I just wanted to say I love you so much Dad, we all do and this really is so special me.
“Thank you always. Ps. (I need to learn to cook now eh!)”
The post was inundated with comments from very impressed social media users.
“So beautiful,” praised her friend, Stacey Solomon.”
A second enthused: “Super, super special that your dad has created so much of your home for you and all of your boys (and now girls with the hens!)”
A third penned: “What a lovely pops, and he’ll be so pleased to do it for you and know how happy it makes you.”
In 2021, after naming second son Lennie, she revealed why she and husband Jamie had selected each element.
The first reason behind her choice of name, she said in an Instagram story, was that it fits in well with her son Ronnie’s name and also the name of her beloved dog Henry.
She explained in May 2021: “Both me and Jamie loved the fact that Lennie rhymes with Ronnie but also when shortened to Len rhymes with Hen.
“Alan is my dad’s name.”
And James is Sophie’s husband Jamie’s real name, so it was important to the pair to give both of their sons James as a middle name.
Sophie said: “James: Ronnie’s middle name is also James because Jamie’s name is actually James.
“On his birth certificate he is officially James so we wanted both our boys to have James.”
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