The Wanted star Max George has hailed his late bandmate Tom Parker as a "lion" and praised his "courage and dignity" in the wake of his cancer diagnosis. The singer died aged 33 on Wednesday surrounded by his family and bandmates - 17 months after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
George shared a series of photos on Instagram showing them embracing, alongside a letter addressed directly to his friend. He wrote: "Tom, my brother, my boy, my band mate, my best bud.. You lit up so many lives all over the world but I can only speak on behalf of mine.
"From the minute I met you, I knew this was gonna be a special chapter in my life. I was right. We did everything together, some amazing things, some outrageous things. I'm so proud of what we achieved as band mates and as brothers."
