TOWIE star and former Sugar Hut owner Mick Norcross is found dead aged 57 after haunting final tweet: ‘At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could’
- The businessman was pronounced dead by emergency services on Thursday afternoon
- Officers visited his home address at 3.15pm
- Mick’s haunting last tweet, posted on Thursday morning at 7.17am, read: ‘At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that is good enough’
- The property developer made his TOWIE debut in 2011 during the show’s second season
- His son Kirk was part of the original cast when the show began a year prior
- The businessman was introduced as Sugar Hut’s owner, a nightclub in Brentwood which was a popular filming location for the show
TOWIE star and former Sugar Hut owner Mick Norcross has been found dead aged 57.
The businessman, who rose to fame as the man behind the nightclub on the hit ITV2 series, was discovered by emergency services on Thursday afternoon.
In a haunting final tweet, posted just hours before his body was found, he wrote: ‘At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that is good enough.’
RIP: Former TOWIE star Mick Norcross has died aged 57 (pictured in 2012)
An Essex Police spokesman told MailOnline: ‘We were called to an address in Bulphan shortly before 3.15pm on Thursday 21 January.
‘Sadly, a man inside was pronounced dead.
‘His death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.’
Nightclub owner: The businessman rose to fame as the owner of Sugar Hut nightclub on the ITV series The Only Way Is Essex (pictured in 2012)
Tragic: Mick haunting last tweet, posted on Thursday morning at 7.17am, read: ‘At the end remind yourself that you did the best you could. And that is good enough.’
Tributes from the property developer’s TOWIE co-stars and celebrity friends were soon posted on Mick’s heartbreaking final tweet.
TOWIE veteran James Argent called the property developer: ‘A true gentleman & a very kind man!’.
James, 33, wrote: ‘RIP Mick. Many amazing memories, So Sad! My thoughts are with his family.’
Mario Falcone, who starred on the show between 2011 to 2018 posted a broken heart emoji, as did Elliott Wright, who appeared on TOWIE between 2010 and 2017.
Jamie Reed, who had a brief stint on the reality series, chimed: ‘Very sad. RIP’, while Ex On The Beach star Jess Impiazzi typed: ‘Please don’t ever feel like no one is there or wants to listen, you matter! You’re loved! And the world is better with you in it. There is always light at the end of the tunnel! I promise.’
Father and son: Mick made his TOWIE debut in 2011 during the show’s second season. His son Kirk was part of the original cast when the show began a year prior (pictured in 2011)
Mick is survived by his sons Kirk, 32, Mason, Daniel and daughter Hollie. He also has three grandchildren.
Mick made his TOWIE debut in 2011 during the show’s second season. His son Kirk was part of the original cast when the show began a year prior.
The businessman was introduced as Sugar Hut’s owner, a nightclub in Brentwood which was a popular filming location for the show.
During his time on the show, Mick caught the attention of Gemma Collins, 39, who soon developed a crush on the businessman.
One of his most notable storylines was when, at a pool party for the second series finale, Gemma was convinced Mick was bringing a bottle of champagne over to her, but was instead snubbed when the Sugar Hut owner walked past her and presented the bubbly to Lauren Goodger’s sister Nicola.
Well loved: Tributes from the property developer’s TOWIE co-stars and celebrity friends were soon posted on Mick’s heartbreaking final tweet
Millionaire: Mick was known as the businessman of Essex on the hit ITV2 show, but eventually sold the Brentwood nightclub in 2019 (pictured)
Mick previously said he regretted reducing the boutique owner to tears in an interview with The Sun that year.
He said at the time: ‘I had no idea that Gemma was so upset. I think someone may have told her I was going to come over to her rather than Nicola.
‘But I never meant to hurt her. I hate the thought of upsetting anyone.’
Mick went on to have a brief romance with Maria Fowler, who also starred on the show and was 13 years his junior.
Mick quit The Only Way Is Essex in 2013, after being left furious the nightclub was being used a battleground on the show.
Mick quit The Only Way Is Essex in 2013, after being left furious the nightclub was being used a battleground on the show (pictured with TOWIE veteran Amy Childs in 2016)
Sugar Hut became known for its high-publicised feuds on the show with huge rows between central characters such as Mark Wright and Lauren Goodger, as well as former on-off couple Chloe Sims and Mark’s cousin Elliott.
He told The Sun at the time of his departure: ‘My club is an upmarket venue where people come to drink champagne and feel spoiled.
‘All these rows they keep filming don’t show the club in a good light and I’m worried it’s putting people off coming, which is the last thing I want.’
Mick described his time on TOWIE as ‘very demanding’ and ‘what it did to me as a person was quite a strange thing’ as he struggled from being ‘somebody nobody really knows’ to ‘a household name so to speak’.
He said during an interview with Echo News about why he joined TOWIE in 2018 that ‘it was a decision I took just to try to manoeuvre the business – the Sugar Hut – in the right way, I needed it to be portrayed in the right light and being part of the show that was the only way I could do that.’
Drama: When TOWIE debuted in 2010, Sugar Hut was the place to be and where much of the drama unfolded (Jessica Wright, Lauren Goodger, Amy Childs, Mark Wright and James Argent pictured in 2011)
Mick added: ‘I didn’t want them to just come and ride roughshod over the business and portray it how they wanted, people having fights in the club and what have you.
‘That would never be right and even the relationship with my son, I needed that to come across right. But it got to the stage where it really wasn’t where I needed to be in life.’
After his stint on the programme, Mick went on to develop his property portfolio and owned The Grand Hotel in Leigh.
Mick bought the hotel back in 2011 for £4.3million with the hope of turning the derelict building into a boutique hotel,restaurant and spa.
Despite extensive renovation, the hotel is yet to open after restoration work took longer than planned.
The same year Mick bought the hotel, he put his £3.4million converted farmhouse up for sale.
The mansion, which was also a regular filming location during his time, was the envy of TOWIE viewers.
The estate also boasted a private house where Kirk lived with his girlfriend at the time Lauren Pope, a hot tub and plasma screen TVs.
After putting up the house on sale, Mick said, ‘I’ve been here six years and I’ve completely refurbished this place. Now I’m ready to move on to another project.’
Mick made a hefty profit for £2.2million after buying the house in 2005 for £1.2million.
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