Singer Tom Parker is dead. The “The Wanted” star succumbed to the effects of cancer. He was only 33 years old. His wife released a heartbreaking statement on Instagram.
Tom Parker is dead. The “The Wanted” singer lost his battle with cancer. He was 33 years old.
“It is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Tom passed away peacefully this morning with his entire family by his side,” his wife Kelsey Parker wrote in an Instagram post. “Our hearts are broken, Tom was the center of our world and we cannot imagine life without his infectious smile and energetic presence.”
Thank you for the love and support. “Thanks to everyone who supported him throughout, he fought until the end. I am forever proud of you.”
“The Wanted” star Tom Parker: In October he made his cancer public In October 2020, Parker (33) made his cancer public. He was diagnosed with an inoperable end-stage glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor. The doctors gave the father of two only a short time to live.
But the “The Wanted” singer didn’t give up. In March, Tom’s bandmate Max George (33) announced that the tumors had shrunk. At this point, Tom Parker had already had six chemotherapy sessions and 30 radiation therapy sessions. Now he has lost the fight.
Tom and Kelsey have been a couple for more than ten years, engaged since 2016 although the engagement was originally planned, and married since July 2018. In October 2020, Tom Parker became a father for the second time. It was the second child for Tom and his wife Kelsey. Daughter Aurelia Rose Parker was born in July 2019.