Tom Parker, singer in the pop band the Wanted, dies at 33

Tom Parker, a member of the English-Irish boy band the Wished, has died. He was 33.

The musician, whose band’s top-charting hit was the 2011 single “Glad You Got here,” died Wednesday after battling mind most cancers, each the band and his spouse Kelsey stated on Instagram.

Parker was identified in October 2020 with Stage 4 glioblastoma, an inoperable and terminal tumor. The singer stated in 2020 that he had suffered unexplained seizures forward of his analysis.

“It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we affirm Tom handed away peacefully earlier at present with all of his household by his facet,” his spouse wrote. “Our hearts are damaged, Tom was the centre of our world and we will’t think about life with out his infectious smile and energetic presence. We’re actually grateful for the outpouring of affection and help and ask that all of us unite to make sure Tom’s mild continues to shine for his lovely youngsters.”

Added his former bandmates: “Max, Jay, Siva, Nathan and the entire Wished household are devastated by the tragic and untimely lack of our bandmate Tom Parker, who handed away peacefully at lunchtime at present surrounded by his household and his band mates. Tom was a tremendous husband to Kelsey, and father to Aurelia and Bodhi. He was our brother, phrases can’t specific the loss and unhappiness we really feel. All the time and endlessly in our hearts.”

The English-Irish quintet, which comprised Parker, Jay McGuiness, Nathan Sykes, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran, fashioned in 2009 and was managed and shepherded by Scooter Braun. They launched their debut single “All Time Low” and their first album, “The Wished,” in 2010. The group adopted it up with “Battleground” in 2011 and “Phrase of Mouth” in 2013.

In 2012, the band moved to Los Angeles to movie “The Wished Life,” an E! actuality sequence chronicling their exploits. The primary season aired from June to July 2013 and lasted for seven episodes. A number of of the band members stated that the present led to the act’s demise.

The band known as it quits in 2014. After that, Parker performed Danny Zuko in a touring manufacturing of “Grease” and reached the semifinals in Britain’s “Superstar MasterChef.” He married Kelsey (née Hardwick) in 2018 and welcomed two youngsters, Aurelia and Bodhi, the latter of whom was born two weeks after he was identified, in keeping with the BBC.

Seven years after disbanding, Parker and the Wished reunited for a profit live performance he helped set up after his analysis. The band carried out together with Ed Sheeran, Sigrid, Liam Payne and McFly. He additionally made a TV documentary about his analysis known as “Tom Parker: Inside My Head” that was pegged to the live performance.

Final week, Parker introduced the July launch of his memoir, “Hope.”

“[A] lot of you realize me as one fifth of The Wished, however I’m additionally a father, a husband, and a son, that’s battling mind most cancers,” he wrote on Instagram. “My guide … will not be about dying: It’s a guide about dwelling. It’s a guide about discovering hope in no matter scenario you’re dealt, and dwelling your finest life it doesn’t matter what. It would present you the way having religion in hope and daring to dream means you’ll be able to stick with it, towards all odds.”

Parker is survived by his spouse and two youngsters.