Tom Parker's wife Kesley reveals she held his hand as he died
Kelsey Parker, the wife of Bolton-born singer Tom Parker, has revealed she held his hand as he died last month.
The Wanted band member was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2020 and died at a hospice near the couple's home in South London on March 30th aged 33.
Speaking to the Sun on Sunday, Parker, 32, said: "We had music playing in the room all day for him, it was his life and it was his passion.
"Live Forever by Oasis was playing. He was sedated and I was holding his hand."
The couple met as teenagers and later married before having two children, Aurelia and Bodhi.
She also said that shortly before his death, Tom had taken off his wedding ring and put it on her finger.
She added: "He said, 'I know you're going to be OK'. He then took off his wedding ring and put it on my finger.
"I think he knew then it was the end but he still had the Tom fight in him. He didn't want to go.
"You always want that miracle and I was wishing for that miracle. Of course you want that."
Hundreds of fans lined the streets in Queensway, Petts Wood, in SE London back in April for his funeral.
The singer's coffin was carried by his bandmates from The Wanted, as Champagne Supernova by Oasis played to fans gathered outside.
Jay McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran and Nathan Sykes served as pallbearers in the procession into St Francis of Assisi church.
Parker said after her husband died she told him he was her "everything".
"When he passed away I closed his eyes and I gave him a kiss and said I love you. I told him he was my everything," she said.