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2020
Tom Parker's memoir details heartbreaking bullying that led to The Wanted fame
The late Tom Parker recalled how being bullied in his childhood led to his incredible career as part of The Wanted in his memoir Hope: My Inspirational Life.Tom was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in October 2020 and tragically passed away at age 33 in March this year, leaving behind his beloved wife Kelsey and their two children Aurelia, two, and one year old Bodhi.The singer wrote that he suffered at the hands of bullies as a child as he was called names due to his height as well as "Saj after the kid from the film East Is East," thanks to the parka he wore back then. "I literally wasn’t called Tom throughout the whole of my time at school," he wrote.