Louis Tomlinson and his mother Johannah in 2015 (Picture: WENN.com)

Louis Tomlinson’s mother has tragically passed away at the age of 43.

Johannah Deakin died on Wednesday after a battle with leukaemia.

In a statement released today, her husband Dan Deakin said: ‘It is with immeasurable sadness that Johannah Deakin’s family said goodbye to Johannah in the early hours of Wednesday 7th December 2016.’

He added: ”Earlier this year Johannah was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukaemia that required immediate and continuous treatment. We respectfully request that the family are given time and space to grieve in private.’


Louis will reportedly perform on Saturday night’s The X Factor, something that she reportedly had expressed she wanted him to do.

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Johannah had been hospitalised since May 2016 when she was diagnosed.



In the statement Dan thanked ‘Professor Steve Mackinnon and his team at University College London Hospital’ and ‘Professor John Snowden and his colleagues at Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield’ where Johannah spent her final weeks.

Louis kisses his mother on her wedding day in 2014

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Johannah and Dan married in 2014 in a ceremony that was attended by Louis and his One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne.

Johannah and Louis (Picture: Johannah Deakin/Twitter)

‘Johannah was first and foremost a truly amazing mother to seven children – Louis (24), Lottie (18), Félicité (16), and two sets of twins, Phoebe and Daisy (12) and Ernest and Doris (2) – whose individual talents and success are testament to the principles and beliefs she instilled in them,’ added Dan.

‘She was also an incredibly proud grandmother to Freddie.’

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He added: ‘I thoroughly loved walking through life with her, and though five years was far too short a time, during that time we had so many lifetimes worth of happiness, adventures, and memories.’

On Thursday, Felicity Tomlinson took to Twitter to share an emoji of a broken heart and after the news broke she took to Instagram to share an illustration of her siblings and their mother.

Dan continued: ‘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.’

Johannah and a young Louis (Picture: Johannah Deakin/Twitter)

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