Caroline Flack’s brother Paul Flack has died aged 55, six years after the ‘Love Island’ host’s death, with a Norfolk coroner confirming he was found unresponsive at his Norwich home on Sunday, 21 June 2026.
The loss adds another chapter of grief to a family already marked by public tragedy.
Paul had lived far from the spotlight that surrounded his sister, building a quiet career in design in the East of England city where the pair grew up together.
What the coroner said about Paul Flack’s death
Paul William Flack, a graphic designer and artist, was found unresponsive at his home before being taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead, as reported by E! News.
The Norfolk Coroners’ Court heard that his cause of death was a cardiac arrest as a result of hanging.
The proceedings that confirmed his passing were an opening hearing rather than a full investigation. A more detailed inquest into the circumstances of Paul Flack’s death is scheduled to take place in October 2026, when the court is expected to examine the events leading up to his death in far greater depth.
Tributes to Paul have been limited, in keeping with the private life he led.
Those who knew him have remembered a creative and gentle presence, a marked contrast to the very public world his sister inhabited for the better part of a decade on primetime British television.
Paul Flack and the Flack family’s loss
Paul was the brother of Caroline Flack, who fronted Love Island UK from 2015 until 2019 and became one of British television’s most recognisable presenters. The siblings grew up together in Norwich, the city where Paul lived and worked for much of his adult life away from the cameras.
Caroline Flack hosted Love Island through the peak of its cultural dominance, steering the dating show as it became appointment viewing for millions across the United Kingdom and beyond.
Her warmth on screen made her a household name long before her death cast a long shadow over the programme she helped define.
Caroline Flack died in February 2020 at the age of 40, weeks before she was due to stand trial. Her death prompted a national conversation about the press treatment of public figures and the pressures of fame, a conversation that has never fully faded in the years that followed.
For those who followed Caroline’s career, the loss of her brother lands as a fresh wound for a family long shaped by grief.
Paul stayed out of the attention that defined his sister’s working life, and his death has been met with the same quiet privacy he chose while he was alive.
What happens next
The family has not released a public statement, and no further details about Paul Flack’s death are expected until the inquest opens in October. Until then, the coroner’s opening findings stand as the only formal account of how the graphic designer’s life came to an end.
