Brenda Edwards says Jamal’s ‘brother’ Ed Sheeran spoke to her every week after son’s death

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Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards, 53, has praised Ed Sheeran, 31, for his touching tribute to her son Jamal Edwards, who died from a cardiac arrhythmia last February.The ITV star shared how the popstar has kept in touch with her on a weekly basis ever since her son’s death.DJ and music entrepreneur Jamal was responsible for helping to launch the careers of many musicians, including Ed, through his platform SBTV.The late star, who was awarded an MBE for his contribution to the music industry, will now be honoured in the relaunch of SBTV this evening.

Ed has also dedicated a song to Jamal nearly one year after his death, which Brenda said brought her “to tears”. In a wider interview about a new campaign to roll out more than 200 defibrillators across O2 stores in the UK in partnership with British Heart Foundation, Brenda praised Ed for his incredible support. “Jamal called Ed a ‘brother from another mother’,” Brenda recalled fondly. “Since it happened, I don't think there's a week gone past when we haven't spoken and caught up.”Speaking about Jamal’s channel SBTV, she went on to describe how the team would be approaching the relaunch in his honour. “It did go a little bit quiet with SBTV because we just needed to find ourselves and I wanted the team to be able to mourn Jamal and just have some silence,” she reflected.“So we figured that this would be a great way to relaunch SBTV with an F64.