Robin Windsor dead: Strictly Come Dancing pro dies as co-star James Jordan leads tributes
Robin shared a selfie from Cape Town on his Instagram on January 28 as he sailed around Africa while working as a performer on a cruise shipRobin finished runner-up on the 2012 series with actress Lisa Riley and became one of the show's most recognisable faces.
"He told me the best thing to do was to really get behind and support everybody. He said it was hard for him to watch the success of Little Mix, who beat him on X Factor." Robin was pictured in one photo next to his bikini clad co-dancer next to the pool "somewhere in the sea".At the end of January he posted one video dancing onboard the cruise with his partner saying "The show must go on".Inside Strictly star’s agonising health battle"I had a horrible back operation and they decided that they didn’t want to ask me back the next year.
He added: "As a man at that time, being depressed was still a very taboo subject and I didn’t really want anybody to know how I was feeling. Following his departure from the show, Robin began giving motivational talks and led team building courses in which he would bravely document his mental health battle.Susanna Reid fought back tears as she learned of Robin's death live on Good Morning Britain.
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