The death ofLouis Tomlinson‘s 18-year-old sister on Wednesday was the latest of many tragedies that have befallen the singer’s family over the past few years.
On Wednesday, the One Direction singer’ssister Félicité passed outafter a suspected cardiac arrest at her apartment in Earls Court, West London. When emergency responders arrived, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A representative for the singer, 27, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Louis Tomlin and sister Félicité.
Félicité’s death comes just over two years after their motherJohannah Deakin diedof leukemia on Dec. 7, 2016. She was 43.
“Johannah was first and foremost a truly amazing mother to seven children – Louis, Lottie, Félicité, and two sets of twins, Phoebe and Daisy and Ernest and Doris — whose individual talents and success are testament to the principles and beliefs she instilled in them,” Deakin’s husband Dan Deakin said in a statement at the time. “She was also an incredibly proud grandmother to [Louis’ son] Freddie.”
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“Incredibly selfless, she would always look to put other people before herself,” Dan continued. “She desired nothing more than for everyone around her to be happy and loving. She worked tirelessly on numerous charity campaigns, creating memories for many individuals and their families.
“It wasn’t uncommon for Johannah to hear through the media of an individual in need of assistance, and she would immediately make it her objective to get that person what they often desperately needed, and rarely without success. These are the things that made Johannah happy and content in life, and all of which for me made her simply the perfect wife and best friend to face each day with.”
Earlier this month, Louispaid tribute to his late motherin his song “Two of Us” — the first single off his debut album.
Then, in May 2018, Tomlinson’s estranged father Troy Austin revealed he wasbattling liver cancer. Austin reportedly had a four-hour surgery to remove the tumor.
Austin toldThe Sunthat he believed his cancer came after years of drinking and smoking.
“I can’t blame it on anything else. Each day I was smoking up to 25 cigarettes and drinking six to eight cans of Tyskie, a Polish lager,” Austin told the newspaper. “And my diet was terrible. It was Chinese and Indian takeaways and a lot of chips.”
Austin said there were days he would go without eating, adding, “but [I] would just drink and smoke.”At the time, Austin and Tomlinson had not spoken in five years, but Austin said he was open to reconnecting, telling the outlet:“My life is changing now. If he ever wanted to make contact then I would be happy for that to happen.”
source: people.com
