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First episode dateSeptember 8, 2015
Final episode dateOctober 29, 2015
Networks Hunan Broadcasting System
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First episode2015-09-08 00:00:00
Final episode2015-10-29 00:00:00
Cast Zi Hong
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Strictly's Shirley Ballas charity skydive after brother's suicide

Feb 16,2020 8:32 am

Strictly's Shirley Ballas is embarking on a trio of challenges to raise money for a suicide prevention charity After Her brother took his own life.

She will do a Skyathlon Challenge - a zipline, a 700ft wing walk and 15,000ft skydive throughout The week.

The Judge said even though she was scared of heights, she was " more terrified at The thought of losing another person to suicide".

Ballas said suicide leaves " a hole in your heart that will never go away".

Her brother David took his own life in 2003 at The Age Of 44, leaving her and her mother " absolutely devastated".

She is now working with Mental Health charity Calm - The Campaign Against Living Miserably - to raise awareness.

Ballas, who grew up on Merseyside, told: " I'm doing this Challenge because I don't want anybody at all Out There to experience what My Mother and I have experienced.

" I want people to talk about The Way they feel I want people to really reach out if they're struggling and Calm is The Best place to go.

" I just don't like to see people suffer One Second longer than they have to. "

She Said Strictly had given her a " platform" to reach people " who are suffering".

" People are sharing their stories with me and it is gut-wrenching, " She Said .

" Tragedy is such an awful, awful thing.

" Sometimes when I'm sitting in Strictly, some tune will come up like Moon River or a tune that My Brother and I loved and I can feel myself getting overwhelmed because It Comes at times when you least expect it, he's there in The forefront of my mind. "

" So I want to do this for every single person Out There .

" I'm sixty-three and I'm not dead yet.

" I want to try things and challenges and this seemed The perfect thing for all The People who have somebody who's struggling. "


Source of news: bbc.com

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