Tom Parker’s wife, Kelsey, paid tribute to Dame Deborah James after the fighter lost her battle with boron cancer.
Dame Deborah, known worldwide as BowelBabe thanks to the nickname she gave herself during her cancer research fundraiser, was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer days before Christmas in 2016 – ignoring doctor’s warnings that she only had an eight percent chance of moving to 2021 to live.
It was announced on Tuesday that Dame Deborah died peacefully at home at the age of 40 while surrounded by family and Kelsey went to Instagram this week to pay tribute and wrote that the late The Wanted singer Tom would ‘wait with a glass something’. in heaven.
Heartfelt: Tom Parker’s wife Kelsey paid tribute to Dame Deborah James after the fighter lost her battle with boron cancer
Kelsey shared a photo of Lady Deborah on her Instagram stories and wrote: ‘My Tom will be waiting with a glass of something special for you Deborah.
‘What an amazing lady … finds a life worth enjoying; take risks; love deep; has no regrets and always, always has rebellious hope. RIP Dame Deborah James. ‘
Announcing the sad news that Dame Deborah has died this week, her family wrote on social media: ‘We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dame Deborah James; the most wonderful wife, daughter, sister, mom.
“Deborah passed away peacefully today, surrounded by her family,”
A Place in Heaven: Kelsey took to Instagram this week to pay tribute and wrote that the late The Wanted singer Tom in Heaven would be waiting for something with a glass
Mother to Hugo (14) and Eloise (12) with her husband of 13 years Seb, Dame Deborah was described by her legion of fans as an ‘inspiration’ after she openly shared her cancer battle on social media and as a presenter on Radio 5 . Live’s You, I and the Big C.
On May 9, she shared a farewell message saying she was being moved to a hospice-at-home care to be surrounded by family as ‘my body simply does not play ball’.
The avid runner – who raised a fortune for cancer research by doing marathons and charity races – insisted she left ‘no stone unturned’ in her search for a ‘magic medicine miracle’.
Illness: Dame Deborah (pictured with her children) was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer days before Christmas in 2016 and ignored the doctor’s warnings that she only had an eight percent chance of living after 2021
Her Bowelbabe fund for cancer research was flooded with donations of more than £ 6.5 million and she was famously made a lady by the Duke of Cambridge at her family home, with father-of-three, Prince William, 40, praising her has because she ‘went up and further’ to leave ‘a very special memory’ as her legacy.
Kelsey’s deceased husband Tom passed away in March at the age of 33 after struggling with a brain tumor and Kelsey Parker is planning a lasting tribute to her deceased spouse so that she, his mother Noreen and their children Aurelia, who is celebrating this week, and Bodhi, 20 months, can always keep him close to their hearts.
Tom died just a week after appearing on stage with his bandmates on their reunion tour and Kelsey admitted she was ‘shocked’ that he died so quickly, even though she thinks the Glad You Came singer would remain been that she did not have to see. he suffers too long.
RIP: The Wanted star, who tragically lost his battle with brain cancer in March at the age of 33, left behind daughter Aurelia, two and 20-month-old Bodhi (photo in 2021).
She has been to OK before! magazine: ‘It happened very quickly. This is not how I thought things were going to happen. He literally came off that tour and went downhill. I was so shocked – I was outside myself because it happened within a week.
‘But I think it’s typical Tom style. He did not want to bring me through misery, it’s like he’s like, “Really, let’s get this done quickly too. I ticked the box with the tour and I’m going now.”
‘I say he lived fast, even his death was fast. Those first few weeks after he died, I was just in shock. ‘
And Kelsey thinks Tom – who was diagnosed in October 2020 – was ‘massively shocked’ by his rapid decline.
Meanwhile, Kelsey plans to have Tom’s ashes made into jewelry for her and her children to keep.
She said: ‘It will be something very special that the children can have and it will be given to them at some point, but I do not know when yet.’
‘It will be something very special’: Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey has revealed that she will have her deceased husband’s ashes made for their children in jewelery