Tom Parker: 'Incredible' The Wanted singer praised by cancer charities.

Tom Parker 'Incredible' The Wanted singer praised by cancer charities

Cancer charities have praised the "amazing" job The Wanted singer Tom Parker did raising awareness and funding for brain cancer before his death at the age of 33.

He died on Wednesday of terminal brain cancer, having told fans in October 2020 he had an inoperable tumour.

He was amazing, honest and positive.

Ms Dauncey said Parker drew attention to "solutions and treatments over the over his illness", saying "so many people would have just shut the doors, locked everyone out and wanted to just stick with their family and friends".

Instead, the singer "got people together, made a documentary, had a concert [and] brought so many people's attention to this sort of terrible lack of awareness".

And I think there must be so many people who had never thought about it before.

It is important that individuals like him help us raise the profile of this disease and let the public know that there are these tumours that are still very challenging to treat.

Common symptoms of brain tumours include headaches, seizures, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, mental or behavioural changes such as memory problems or changes in personality, progressive weakness or paralysis on one side of the body and vision or speech problems