FRANTIC THREE-DAY SEARCH FOR TRAGIC STRICTLY STAR ROBIN

Pals feared for troubled dancer

- LAURA ARMSTRONG

ROBIN Windsor's friends launched a frantic three-day search to save the Strictly star after he went missing last week.

Vincent Simone, who has known Robin since he was 17, said a close friend of the dancer began frantically ringing his pals after he vanished.

But tragically they were too late, and Robin, 44, was found dead in London hotel a room on Monday.

Dancer Vincent, who was looking forward to working with Robin in the future, says his pal's death has left him heartbroken.

He said: "The first thing I thought of when I opened my eyes this morning was Robin. He was the best man I ever met.

"Robin has had these moments in the past it was an ongoing problem. He would detach himself from people for two or three days.