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Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey reveals heartwarming plaque on family bench after star’s death from cancer aged 33-Mel Evans-Entertainment – Metro
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Tom Parker’s widow has shared a sweet clip of their family adding the star’s plaque to a family bench in his honour, following The Wanted singer’s death earlier this year.
Parker died in March at the age of 33, after battling a stage four glioblastoma brain tumour since 2020.
Kelsey recently reflected on her husband’s death, previously marking three months since he died which coincided with the third birthday of their young daughter.
In another update shared last night, Kelsey uploaded a sweet video with fans in which she headed to a family memorial bench to add Parker’s plaque alongside her late uncle’s.
She was seen walking about a country path with her family and children, showing off the plaque that was added to the wooden bench – which appeared to have beautiful views of the countryside.
The plaque read alongside Parker’s date of birth and death: ‘Thomas Anthony Parker. Loving husband, son and father.’
She shared the sign in honour of Parker (Picture: Instagram)
Kelsey posed alongside the plaque (Picture: Instagram)
It added: ‘Forever in our hearts.’
Kelsey wrote alongside the video: ‘One thing that did go well today is that we finally got Tom’s plaque on our family bench. We created this place for my Uncle Neil who sadly died 16 years ago today, also to cancer (F you cancer!) at the age of 35.
‘We have loved coming here to remember him, honour him, think about our precious memories with him so making this Tom’s space too just felt so right.
Kelsey has continued to pay tribute to Parker following his death in March (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett / Getty Images for The London Cabaret Club)
‘To have somewhere that me and our kids can come to for Tom means the world and I wanted to share it with all of you ❤️ #positiveparkers #3littlebirds.’
Kelsey, 32, recently took to Instagram to share a series of touching photos and video clips of Parker with their daughter Aurelia as she marked her third birthday, sharing the day was ‘bittersweet’.
She wrote: ‘Well my babygirl is 3 and it’s been 3 months since we lost Tom – two big milestones.
The Wanted singer was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 (Picture: Tom Parker Instagram)
‘3 years with our amazing Rae has absolutely flown by but I can’t remember life without her here. 3 months without Tom has felt like a lifetime but yet it feels like only yesterday he was here with me.’
Kelsey added: ‘Life is cruel and amazing, hard, yet magical and everything inbetween. Happy Birthday babygirl, may all your wishes comes true.’
As well as Aurelia, the couple, who married in 2018, also share son one-year-old son Bodhi, who Kelsey was heavily pregnant with when Parker’s brain cancer was diagnosed.
Parker’s mother, Noreen Parker, has also announced a charity walk in the singer’s honour in his hometown of Bolton to continue his work raising awareness and vital funds for brain tumours.
She told BBC North West Tonight: ‘He wanted to do as much as he could to make people aware there is little funding.’
Noreen added that Parker’s treatment had been ‘so traumatic’, but he focused on wanting to help others going through similar situations.
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‘It has been incredible to know how much he touched other people,’ she revealed. ‘I am so proud of him because he had such dignity through all of the illness.’
The 5k walk will take place in Bolton on July 31 and map out many of the places that were part of Parker’s life as he grew up, starting at his primary school.
The money raised will go to Ahead of the Game Foundation, whose team helped Parker after he was diagnosed.
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