his death this week aged 33. Yesterday Parker’s wife Kelsey Hardwick confirmed the heartbreaking news that The Wanted singer died surrounded by his family and bandmates on Wednesday morning, 18 months after he was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.
However just last week the star teased the release of his debut autobiography, Hope, My Inspirational Journey, coming out in July, and available for pre-order now.In an Instagram post, Parker shared an animation of empty pages of a book being filled with photos of him sharing moments with friends, Kelsey, and their children, Aurelia, two, and Bodhi, one.It also included the message: ‘Hi, I’m Tom Parker, a lot of you know me as one fifth of The Wanted, but I am also a father, a husband, and a son, that’s battling brain cancer.‘It’s a book about finding hope in whatever situation you’re dealt, and living your best life no matter what.
It will show you how having faith in hope and daring to dream means you can carry on, against all odds.’Parker, who also detailed his journey in a documentary and via social media, added that the book ‘is not about dying: It’s a book about living’.The singer, originally from Bolton, died on Wednesday after battling stage four glioblastoma for which he received radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Despite Parker’s diagnosis, he also made a great effort to join his Wanted bandmates – Max George, Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuinness and Siva Kaneswaran – on their UK tour this month.A statement on The Wanted’s Instagram page said: ‘Max, Jay, Siva, Nathan and the whole Wanted family are devastated by the tragic and premature loss of our bandmate Tom Parker, who passed away peacefully at lunchtime today surrounded by his family and his band mates.‘Tom was an.
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