Kelsey Parker tells of Tom's final days in hospice and 'magical' final moment

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Kelsey Parker has revealed her struggle to carry on during late husband Tom Parker’s final days, before witnessing his 'magical' final moment.The Wanted star died aged 33 on 30 March after battling an inoperable brain tumour he was diagnosed with in 2020, leaving behind Kelsey and their two young children.

Now Kelsey has opened up about how she coped in the days leading up to her husband's passing.The young widow told Loose Women on Friday she found it “really, really tough” when Tom entered a hospice at the end.The 32-year-old said she struggled to get up some mornings to visit her husband as he became sicker but somehow mustered the strength to be at his side.

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page. “I found it really, really tough,” she told the panellists. “One of the days I just laid in bed in the morning and it just felt like someone had dropped weights one me and I thought, ‘how can I actually get out of bed this morning and actually get to that hospice?’ “On the day he actually passed, I knew that they had sedated him and I knew he was going to die that day, and I had to find something within to go, ‘you can go to that hospice and you can be there for him.’” Kelsey was with Tom at the hospice when he died and described the sad moment as surprisingly “magical” despite the painful time. “I’ve been there for him for all this time and I had to be there at the end and that’s how it was meant to be,” she continued. “With Tom, even the final moments were magical.That’s the sort of person he was.” Kelsey attributed the strength she found to support Tom to an “army” who was behind the couple during his brain cancer.