Mike Thalassitis’ haunting cemetery joke just days before death as the Love Island star grieved for his nan and close friend
MIKE Thalassitis made a haunting cemetery joke just days before his shock death.
The 26-year-old Love Island star was amused by a social media post three days before he died near his home in Essex.
On Tuesday, Mike ‘liked’ a final Tweet from one of his followers, which read: “Hello? Cemetery? I need a place for this dead joke.”
Just 72 hours later he was found dead in woodland close to where he lived.
He was said to be grieving over his late nan, 94, who he had moved in with to care for in her final days.
Mike was also believed to have been left shell-shocked by the death of a close friend on Christmas Eve.
The Sun’s Dan Wootton revealed he had been left grief-stricken.
“Devastated to hear of the passing of Mike Thalassitis,” Dan wrote on Twitter.
“He was a good man and this is an atrocious waste of a young life.
“I spoke to Mike (who loved that I would still call him Muggy) on Thursday.
“He was grieving the loss of his nan.
“She was 94 and he had moved in to live with her because she needed a full-time carer. He assured me he was fine and was excited about the launch of his shop.
“There was so much in store for his future that this is truly senseless.
“Mike wasn’t the lad you saw on Love Island. He was tender and sensitive and vulnerable and desperate for true love. Rest in peace, mate. I will miss you.”
Mike started out as a semi-pro footballer before finding fame on the 2017 series of Love Island.
He earned the nickname “Muggy Mike” from islander Chris Hughes after stealing the heart of Olivia Atwood.
But outside of the show he was loved and respected by his co-stars who have today paid heartfelt tributes to him as they mourn his death.
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