Note: This article contains discussion of suicide.
Charlene White has confirmed that her beloved father, Denniston White, has died by suicide. Issuing a heartbreaking post on Instagram, the Loose Women star told fans: "Two weeks ago, our lives changed forever. Unbeknownst to us, our dad had been living with a dark cloud he couldn't lift. So he made the decision to take control of that cloud and take his own life. This, despite the fact that he lived a life full of love. FULL to the brim. Overflowing in fact. But sometimes the darkness is stronger, and heartbreakingly for all of us, he chose to keep what he was going through to himself. Very typical of dad."
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Noting that both she and her family had chosen to share the "circumstances of our loss," Charlene explain