Ed Sheeran helped to pay for a few of the medical remedy that late Wanted star Tom Parker acquired throughout his time battling mind most cancers.
Parker informed followers in October, 2020 that he had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, and after 18 months of combating the illness, he died this past March.
“It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we verify Tom handed away peacefully earlier as we speak with all of his household by his aspect,” the singer’s spouse, Kelsey, wrote in a post on her Instagram page.
In his posthumous autobiography, Hope, which is because of be launched on Could 26, Parker reveals that Sheeran helped pay for a few of his medical payments whereas present process remedy for the most cancers.
“Just about from the second I used to be recognized, Ed Sheeran reached out to me with a proposal to do something he may to assist,” Parker writes in excerpts from the guide which had been printed by The Sun as we speak (Could 14).
Parker goes on to name Sheeran “a really particular man” and provides that the ‘Form Of You’ hitmaker will “most likely be mad” that he’s revealing how he “helped out” together with his medical payments when Parker was looking for different remedy choices alongside personal immunotherapy.
“He didn’t must do any of that, however my spouse Kelsey and I are so grateful to him for his assist. It meant the world,” Parker writes in his upcoming guide.
On the time of Parker’s passing, Sheeran paid tribute on Instagram writing: “So unhappy to listen to of Tom’s passing. Ideas and love are with Kelsey, his kids and his household. Very unhappy day, what a stunning man x”
In the meantime, Ed Sheeran was among more than 35 musicians who supported this month’s Teenage Cancer Trust auction.
The artists donated objects for the charity’s Star Boot Sale fundraiser, which began on April 29 and ended on Could 12. Sheeran donated some uncommon guitar plectrums to the charity.
Among the different items that had been up for grabs included flights to New York and a VIP expertise at The Who’s Madison Sq. Backyard gig, a Jake Bugg-signed Ibiza Rocks drumhead, a signed Depeche Mode guitar, Noel Gallagher’s signed trainers, Stereophonics‘ signed drumsticks, and an AC/DC-signed poster.
Take That, Paul Weller, Jools Holland, and The Vaccines additionally contributed to the public sale.
