Loose Women’s Brenda Edwards and Ed Sheeran paid a heartfelt tribute to her late son Jamal Edwards who tragically passed away two years ago at the tender age of 31

Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards took to social media to mark the 34th birthday of her late son Jamal Edwards, who passed away two years ago.

The 55 year old TV personality, who first found fame on the X Factor back in 2005, shared with fans a tribute to the DJ and music entrepreneur. Jamal had been awarded an MBE for his services to music in 2014 and also contributed to the rise of singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran.

Brenda posted a video to Instagram featuring a host of pictures and videos of Jamal throughout his life to mark the anniversary. The clip, which featured Ely Eira’s song This Is The Beginning in the background, included snapshots of the late musician as a baby, on holiday, DJing, laughing with his mother and playing football. Brenda penned: “34 years ago today you brought so much joy and sunshine into my life.”

Loose Women star Brenda Edwards led the way to pay tribute to her late son Jamal to mark his 34th birthday ( 
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Jamal Edwards passed away in February 2022
And she then captioned the post, saying: “I know Jamal is celebrating his Birthday today up above and you can guarantee I will be doing the same.” Wasting no time in sending their love was two of the star’s co-panellists on the ITV daytime show, Judi Love and Denise Welch. Judi wrote: “sending you so much love sweetie”, while Denise posted blue heart emojis in tribute to Jamal’s favourite colour.

Strictly Come Dancing star Layton Williams, This Morning presenter Josie Gibson and actor Danny Miller also sent their support by commenting with heart emojis. Within minutes of Brenda’s post, Ed Sheeran also took to social media to pay tribute to his close pal by sharing a photo of him on his Instagram story. Alongside the picture, he wrote: “Happy birthday my brother, miss you every day x.”

Chelsea Football Club, Jamal’s beloved team, also shared a video to Instagram of them surprising Brenda with a £1 million donation from their foundation to the Jamal Edwards Self Belief Trust. The trust was set up in memory of Jamal as it is “designed to help underrepresented young people access fulfilling careers.”

The Instagram post of the Chelsea Foundation also said it was set to launch a five-year partnership with Jamal’s trust to support initiatives like their Self Belief Sanctuary programme, which helps “house young people at risk of homelessness.” In addition the Chelsea Foundation is also committed to annually funding apprenticeships for the five year partnership “to enable underrepresented young people to access fulfilling careers across a range of industries.”

During his professional life Jamal was committed to helping others as he set up the music platform SBTV in 2006 and his work contributed to the success of a number of UK music acts, which also include Jessie J. The late star was also an ambassador of the Prince’s Trust, which is a charity set up by the Prince of Wales.