Writer Toby Young’s half-sister, 25, dies suddenly just hours after developing ‘severe headache’

WRITER and commentator Toby Young's half-sister died suddenly just hours after complaining of a "severe headache".

"Healthy" Gaia Young, 25, spent a day cycling in the sunshine before suddenly falling ill and being rushed to hospital in Euston, North London.

She was taken to University College London Hospital - and just hours later was declared brain dead.

Gaia was the daughter of Lord Michael Young who died, aged 86, when she was just five.

Her death is currently being treated as unexplained because the first post-mortem carried out on her came back inconclusive. She tested negative for Covid in hospital.

She is the half-sister of writer and journalist Mr Young, because Lord Young was also his father.

Her friends became seriously worried when she didn't show up to a birthday party - and they knew something was wrong when they went to her house and no one was home.

The 25-year-old was placed on a ventilator in ICU, but she didn't regain consciousness and sadly died on July 21.

During the coronavirus lockdowns, Gaia volunteered for the Islington Covid-19 taskforce - and she helped people who had to shield as well as the homeless.

And she also donated nine inches of her hair three days before her death to the charity Little Princess Trust - which makes wigs for cancer patients.