Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog: 'Will make you laugh, cry and stroke your dog (or any dog)' ―Sarah Millican

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Alex Scott and her 'girlfriend' Jess Glynne show off their Halloween looks as they make joint appearance at the Haunted House of Friends party A particularly dark period followed after her dad’s death, and Emily struggled to cope with her grief. She regularly saw her counsellor, Sue, and describes these sessions as “becoming a cocoon of comfort… like getting into a warm bath, where I could turn off the outside world and shed my skin”.

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However, over time, the enormity of grief bore down on her, and she found herself calling Samaritans to talk, when the pain of loss became too much for her to want to share with other friends and family. Then, in Emily’s own words, “I felt out of control and didn’t want to pretend anymore.” While our mutual obsession with dogs will be a theme throughout, we’re also here to talk about Emily’s book, Everybody Died, So I Got A Dog. But, in December 2011, when she was 43, Rachael suddenly became very ill. She was rushed to hospital with what we thought was an infection, but turned out to be stage-four colon cancer. Less than a month later, she passed away.The sisters take different paths — Emily lurches through relationships and lives a glamorous life as a journalist; Rachael settles down with Adam, has two children and gets Giggle the dog. The View host Sara Haines reveals the touching note Matthew Perry wrote to her brother to support him through his own alcoholism struggles Friends creator Marta Kauffman reveals she spoke to Matthew Perry just TWO WEEKS before his death - saying actor was 'in a good place'

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She smiles and I sense she is trying to make the conversation easier for those listening. “I referred to it as the Game of Thrones finale – it was that episode. Everyone experiences bereavement, it happens to all of us, but I got mine all in one episode, and I could have done with it being spread out throughout the series.” Kim and Khloe Kardashian dress up in plaid mini skirts as Bratz dolls for Halloween... after Kylie Jenner collaborated with the toy brand Heidi Klum tantalisingly reveals just PART of her Halloween look after weeks of speculation... so what WILL the queen of the costumes dress as? Maya Jama slips into a skintight jumpsuit as X-Men's Storm as she joins Paloma Faith and vampy Jourdan Dunn at the Love Island host's Halloween bash Controversial Little Britain sketch where David Walliams says Asian character 'smells of soy sauce' is 'racist and outdated', research saysA cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. I’ve wanted a dog for as long as I can remember. My parents worked in theatre and TV, so my older sister, Rachael, and I spent much of our childhood changing homes, schools and countries. While it was mostly glamorous and fun, I always saw dogs as the ultimate representation of stability and permanence; growing up, that was something I didn’t have. Our interview, however, doesn’t take place over a dog walk (though we’ve both shared pictures of our pups – mine, Zac, a spirited rescue with a sparse feather duster tail; Emily’s, Ray, an inquisitive, much-loved Shih Tzu).