Tom Parker: The Wanted star showed 'true courage' as he used final months to campaign for others with cancer

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Dozens of figures from the entertainment industry joined the tributes, as did Hugh Adams from the Brain Tumour Research charity

0:52Just six months ago, Tom Parker and his The Wanted bandmates announced the group's comeback, playing a charity gig to raise funds for research into brain tumours.

After revealing his own terminal diagnosis less than 12 months earlier, the star seemed upbeat as the group reunited after seven years, telling Sky News at the time that he was feeling"pretty good, surprisingly".shared constant updates on his condition and treatment with fans on social media, letting the world into his times with the band and his home life with his wife Kelsey and their young children.

In the years that followed, The Wanted went on to release 15 singles and two further albums, before announcing they were taking a break in 2014.

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