Big Brother’s Gordon Dies Mysteriously In Beijing

Gordon Sloan, best known for being both the first male Big Brother housemate to impress the nation with his “natural gifts” (see also Saxon from Series Three, Dean from Series Five) and flying to Baghdad a couple of years after he left Dreamworld to act as part of a “human shield protest”, died twelve days ago in China under mysterious circumstances.

Says NineMSN -

Sloan, who starred in the first series of the reality show in 2001, died at 1pm (AEST) yesterday at a city hospital. ninemsn understands the 34-year-old architect was admitted on September 1 and was in a coma when he died. Sources told ninemsn drugs were suspected in the death and that Sloan might have taken an overdose or been deliberately drugged by another person.

Known as “Flash Gordon” and “Donkey Boy” during his time in the Big Brother house, Mr Sloan was evicted after 35 days.

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Reflecting on his time in the house, Sloan told a Big Brother fan site he did not consider himself famous. “Fame is a word given to people who’ve overachieved through natural talent and hard work, and gained the respect and admiration of firstly their peer group, then the world,” he said. “We are not famous or talented. We are popular by exposure so TV networks can sell furniture and breakfast radio gets its sound bites!”