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Tom Parker: The Wanted singer up for posthumous National Television Award

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Tom Parker, of The Wanted, Kate Garraway, and Katie Price are three celebrities whose personal films have received nominations for National Television Awards. Five months before to his passing, Parker’s Inside My Head, a documentary about his brain tumour, debuted last October.

Garraway is nominated for her most recent film about her spouse Derek after winning the written documentary award the previous year. Additionally nominated are Julia Bradbury, Price, Paddy and Christine McGuinness.

Bradbury’s video detailed her battle with breast cancer, while the McGuinnesses opened up about their experience raising three autistic children. Price’s documentary centred on her crippled son Harvey. The winners will be decided by public voting and announced at a ceremony in London on September 15 together with the other NTA awards.

The LGBT teen drama Heartstopper’s Joe Locke and Kit Connor have both been nominated for emerging star, and the programme is up for best new drama elsewhere in the nominations.

Another Netflix success, Bridgerton, is nominated for three awards, including best returning drama and two for acting: Jonathan Bailey and Charithra Chandran.

Cillian Murphy of Peaky Blinders, Nicola Walker of The Split, and Vicky McClure of Trigger Point are also nominated for drama prizes, and Rose Ayling-Ellis of EastEnders is one of the contenders for best soap opera as she gears prepared to depart the programme.

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Tom Parker: The Wanted Singer Dies Aged 33

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Tom Parker, a member of the British boy band The Wanted, died at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

In October 2020, the singer revealed to his fans that he had an inoperable tumour. “Our hearts are broken,” his wife Kelsey Hardwick wrote on Instagram. The couple had two young children together.
“Tom was the centre of our world; we can’t imagine life without his infectious smile and energetic presence,” she wrote.

“Thank you to everyone who has helped him throughout his illness; he fought to the very end. I’ll always be proud of you.” The couple had a daughter, Aurelia Rose, and a son, Bodhi, after marrying in 2018. Parker’s death “devastated” the band, who said they were with him and his family at his bedside when he died.

Parker, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Nathan Sykes, and Jay McGuiness formed The Wanted in 2009. Glad You Came and All Time Low were their two UK number one singles, and they also had eight other top ten hits, including Chasing The Sun, Heart Vacancy, and Lightning.

Last September, Parker organised a Stand Up To Cancer concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, and The Wanted reunited. It also raised money for the National Brain Appeal.

In November, the band released a greatest hits album. Parker told fans shortly before the album’s release that his brain tumour was “stable” and “under control.”

“Such a cruel, cruel world… RIP Tom.. you will be missed but never forgotten,” Union J singer JJ Hamblett said. Parker’s openness about his illness and fundraising efforts were praised by non-profit Brain Tumour Research UK in a statement.

“Since his diagnosis, Tom has spoken openly and honestly about the impact of the disease, and in doing so, has helped to raise awareness of the devastation caused by brain tumours,” said Hugh Adams of the charity.

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