Twin brothers who once starred on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding on Channel 4 were found dead next to each other in a country lane and relatives found a suicide note, an inquest has heard today.
Joe and Billy Smith's bodies were found in Sevenoaks, Kent, in woods where it is thought they used to play as children, on December 28.
The 32-year-old brothers were found dead next to each other.
It has previously been reported that one of the brothers, married father of two Joe, had recently been diagnosed with cancer, but had undergone chemotherapy treatment.
Both had celebrated their birthdays just weeks earlier.
They were remembered as brothers who "came into this world together and went into the next together" in a memorial page on Facebook.
Tributes included: "Just heartbreaking two beautiful young souls gone too soon" and wished the pair would "both rest in gods [sic] home in heaven in eternal peace".
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At the inquests' opening on Tuesday, senior coroner Roger Hatch, sitting at North West Kent Coroner's Court in Maidstone, was told: "I understand the circumstances to be that a call to the police was made by a family member having discovered a suicide note.
"They discovered two bodies hanging in a tree adjacent to each other."
A post-mortem examination was carried out.
Kent Police said they had been called shortly after 11.30am on December 28 and the bodies were found in Dibden Lane, Sevenoaks.
No family members were present at the short hearing and no date has yet been set for a full inquest.
In a video tribute previously, Paddie Doherty, 60, one of the reality show's biggest stars who also won Celebrity Big Brother, described the "terrible tragedy" involving the "two good-looking boys."
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