Parker Tom, English Singer Shortlisted for Posthumus NTA Award For Documentary On Brain Cancer

 

 Thomas Anthony Parker was an English singer, widely known as a member of the boy band the "Wanted". In 2013, Parker appeared with his bandmates in the E! channel reality television series The Wanted Life. Alongside the Wanted, Parker released three studio albums and achieved two number one singles on the UK Singles Chart. After the band's hiatus in 2014, he embarked on a solo career.

In October 2020, at the age of 32, Parker was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. The Wanted reunited in September 2021, but Parker succumbed to his tumour and died on 30 March 2022, aged 33, says Wikipedia report.

 

 

Tom Parker has been posthumously shortlisted for a National Television Award for a documentary about the charity concert he organised in aid of cancer research six months before his death. 

The Wanted singer died in a hospice near his south-east London home on March 30 from an inoperable brain tumour at the age of just 33.

After his diagnosis, Tom campaigned to raise awareness for brain tumours and organised the star-studded concert, Inside My Head. 

The event, which was held at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2021, raised money for Stand Up To Cancer and The National Brain Appeal.

The touching show also followed Tom and his family as they learnt to live with his illness. 

Tom left behind wife Kelsey, 32, and their two children, Aurelia, three, and Bodhi, 21 months.

Also nominated in the category is Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next; Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer And Me; and Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family And Autism.