X Factor judge Simon Cowell has credited his late father with giving him some of the best advice he has ever received.
Speaking about his father’s death on Piers Morgan Tonight, the 51-year-old mogul said: "I can't lie, [it was] the worst day of my life, [a] horrible, horrible time. Then, over the years since, you know, [I'm] thankful for all the support and guidance he gave me, and like I said, it gives you a sense of perspective.
"He said to me - because he was successful, my dad, when he ran this company - he said, everybody around you has an invisible sign on their head which says, 'Make me feel important'.
"What I understood from that is you've got to recognise that actually everyone around you wants to be recognised, wants to be appreciated... you can get very 'one degree', where you just forget everyone around you, everyone that's worked hard.
"I try and remember that - when I make a show - is that everyone has played a part in it... the show is created, truthfully, by 500 people every week."
Cowell’s father Eric Cowell died of a heart attack in 1999.
