The widower of Johannah Deakin, Louis Tomlinson's mother, has uploaded tweets onto her Twitter profile on her behalf. Dan Deakin posted the following:

"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"

Johannah Deakin died last Wednesday (December 7) from a rare form of leukaemia at the age of 43. She was the mother of 7 children including 2-year-old twins.

Her son, Louis, performed his debut single  'Just Hold On' with Steve Aoki at the X Factor finals show last Saturday (December 10), a day after announcing that his mother had died that week.

The dance track is currently No.2 in the UK singles chart.

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Watch Louis Tomlinson with his mother and also performing on X Factor below: