In the new documentary, “Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert,” singer Will Young discusses his loving twin brother Rupert’s suicide following depression and addiction.
Rupert Young was the twin brother of one of the most well-known personalities in British pop, Will Young, who won IT’s, Pop Idol. After the suicide of his twin brother Rupert Young, the singer Will Young filmed a documentary, about the devastating impacts of addiction.
Will speaks openly about the difficulties of living with his alcoholic brother, the impact the disease has on families, and the pain of losing loved ones in the Channel 4 documentary “Will Young: Losing My Twin Rupert.”
Rupert Young Cause of Death
In July 2020, Rupert Young, 41, died after falling from Westminster Bridge in London. His death news came a few days after paramedics discovered him wandering along the edge of the same bridge and admitted him to the hospital.
Rupert was the twin brother of singer Will Young, who was born just ten minutes after his twin on January 20, 1979.
Why Did Will Young Twin Brother Kill Himself?
Will had been living with Rupert for four years, and the singer claimed that near the end of his brother’s life, he became his career. Rupert committed suicide at the age of 41, after a long battle with depression and alcohol and painkiller addiction. Will claims that his brother suffered from alcohol from the age of roughly 18 to July 2020, when he died.
In an interview in 2008, Rupert reflected on a time when he was watching his brother perform on morning television when he had spent the previous night drinking and self-harming.
According to the Channel 4 introduction to the program, “Singer Will Young lived with his twin’s alcoholism for more than 20 years until Rupert died in 2020.” Will’s harrowingly honest and moving film examines the sorrow and drama of a loved one’s addiction.
What Exactly Happened To Rupert Young?
Rupert suffered from alcohol from the age of roughly 18 until he committed suicide in July 2020. From 2016 until his death, he had lived with Will for four years.
Will reported his brother for trespassing at his London house just before he died. He claimed, speaking of Rupert’final weeks: “At the end, he would be drinking 24 hours a day.”