Chris Rea, the legend behind Driving Residence For Christmas, sadly died aged 74 on 22 December following some jaw-dropping information and the demise of two of his siblings
Chris Rea’s ultimate months have been marked by each heartbreak and happiness.
The Driving Residence For Christmas legend handed away aged 74 on December 22 after battling a quick sickness and the musician’s family members issued an announcement confirming the devastating information. It is now come to mild that Chris’ passing is not the household’s solely current loss as he was really the third sibling to die inside three months of one another.
Chris’s youthful brother Nicholas, the youngest of seven kids, handed away in hospital throughout October following a mind most cancers analysis aged 66. Simply days following Nicholas’s funeral, their sister Geraldine, twin to Chris’s elder sister Camille Whitaker, died unexpectedly.
This comes after Chris’ ultimate social media publish was found shortly after his demise.
Talking to the Each day Mail, Camille Whitaker mentioned: “It’s an terrible ache. It’s gut-wrenching what occurred. The household has been fairly shocked by it.”
Amid the heartache main as much as his passing, Chris skilled pleasure like no different as he welcomed his first grandchild, studies the Mirror. Chris’ sister Camille revealed he “at all times stored very near his household”.
She shared: “He has two daughters and he lately grew to become a grandfather to a boy. He was very, very happy. That was great. His eldest, Josephine, impressed one among his songs and Julia, his second daughter, she is the woman who acquired married and had a child.”
Camille additionally mentioned Chris had been battling “horrible, horrible well being” and had been “unwell for someday” earlier than to his passing. His household introduced the heartbreaking information by way of the Press Affiliation earlier this week.
An announcement from Chris’ household learn: “It’s with immense disappointment that we announce the demise of our beloved Chris. He handed away peacefully in hospital earlier at the moment following a brief sickness, surrounded by his household.”
Simply hours earlier than his demise, a publish was shared on Chris’s Instagram web page depicting a snowy motorway as drivers headed house for the festive season. A highway signal learn: “Driving house for Christmas with a thousand recollections,” lyrics from his iconic festive hit.
Talking on Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Christmas Fishing, Chris reminisced about his huge single 5 years in the past: “I simply thought I would drive house for Christmas, I used to be on the dole once I wrote that. I would just been, my supervisor had simply left me, I would been banned from driving. My now spouse Joan, she needed to drive right down to London, choose me up within the Mini and take me house and that is once I wrote it.”
Reflecting on how he felt when he heard the enduring track, he mentioned: “I consider that beautiful little vacation within the Maldives. I am not an excellent pop star, I want I used to be. I would wish to me, once I have a look at Sting and folks like that, I believe: ‘I want I used to be like him.'”
He added that he “beloved Christmas” and at all times went all out with a big tree and a “fantastic assortment” of wines.
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