My husband has commit suicide - what do I tell my 4 year old and 2 year old?

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Last night my husband (we were currently in the process of being separated) commit suicide.

I received a suicide note from him in the middle of the night via email and the police found his body and everything was dealt with before morning.

My dad helped take my children to their childminder today, and they currently have no knowledge of what's happened.

How the hell do I explain this to them? How do I child appropriately tell them their father has died? Also, should I tell them he commit suicide, given their age (my son is 4, daughter is 2.5) or tell him it was an accident?

Thanks in advance.

Financially, it's very rosy. Death in service and life insurance will see that we are good for money for some time. I'm feeling very low right now though. Two of my children (the older two) are at my parents' this weekend and it's just me and the baby. I just had a nice day with an old friend but coming back to a dark house and knowing no one is coming home is horrid. Reality is he had been awful for so long and even if he was home tonight, based on last year, he'd have been sulky and unaffectionate. But I'm thinking of happier times and the way he was just as he was getting found out (he went back to being how he used to be, I guess because he was terrified he was going to get found out). And he was lovely in the first eight years. I hate him but miss how he used to be and wish this hadn't happened to me, any of it.

Sorry for hijacking this thread