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Louis Tomlinson's mum Johannah penned a message to his fans before her death

Stephanie Soteriou

Last week, we were all left brokenhearted when it was announced that Louis Tomlinson’s mother, Johannah Deakin, had passed away following a short and secret battle with leukaemia.

Johannah was hugely popular among One Direction fans, with the 43-year-old mother-of-seven often communicating with her 1.47million Twitter followers, as well as helping to organise many charitable events and meet and greets.

Louis was incredibly close to his late mum.
Louis was incredibly close to his late mum.

Last night, her bereaved husband, Dan Deakin, took to Johannah’s social media page to reveal that she had penned a short message to her son’s fans before she passed away.

He wrote: “Hi, it’s Dan. Johannah asked for me to send this afterwards. She wanted to thank you all, and to let you know that you have been amazing right from the start.

“You changed Louis’ life, but also her life. Your support now is as strong if not stronger than ever.

“So from Johannah one last time, thank you for everything xxx [sic]”.

Understandably, fans were touched that in Johannah’s final days she had been considerate enough to think of them, and many took to Twitter to praise her and her family once again:

Dan’s tweets come after Louis took to Instagram to thank fans for their “incredible” support, with the brave star making his debut as a solo artist on Saturday night’s X Factor final – just three days after his mother’s death.

It is understood that the performance had always been planned and Johannah was looking forward to watching the show from hospital, when she tragically passed away Louis made the difficult decision to go ahead with his performance in a bid to fulfil Johannah’s final wish.

Louis was fighting back tears after making his solo debut.
Louis was fighting back tears after making his solo debut.

The 24-year-old singer visibly fought back tears as he finished the song, ‘Just Hold On’, with Simon Cowell praising the star’s strength.

Louis was supported backstage by his One Direction bandmates, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne, and later took to Twitter to admit that the show was “harder” than he’d “ever imagined.”

As well as Louis, Johannah was mother to 18-year-old Lottie, 16-year-old Felicite, 12-year-old twins, Phoebe and Daisy and two-year-old twins, Doris and Ernest.