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Jamal Edwards’ mum Brenda confirms son’s cause of death in emotional update
Jamal died suddenly back in February
Brenda Edwards has confirmed her son Jamal Edwards’ cause of death after he died at the age of thirty-one.
Jamal, who was awarded an MBE in 2014 for his services to music, died from a cardiac arrhythmia caused by taking recreational drugs, his heartbroken mum has confirmed today.
In a social media post, the Loose Women star wrote: “Since I last spoke, I have sadly learned that the cause of Jamal’s devastating passing was due to cardiac arrhythmia caused by having taken recreational drugs and I wanted to address this myself to everyone who loved, admired and respected my son.
“Since finding out the news I’ve been in a state of shock, and I’m still trying to process it, but it’s so important to me that I do address it as no mother or any loved one should have to go through what Jamal’s sister, Tanisha, and I have been through since he passed.”
She went on to say that Jamal is ‘proof that this can happen to anyone’, stressing that ‘these types of substances are extremely unpredictable’.
“We can only hope that this will encourage others to think wisely when faced with similar situations in the future. His passing has shown that any one bad decision on any one occasion can lead to devastating consequences.”
Brenda continued: “It’s so important that we help drive more conversation about the unpredictability of recreational drugs and the impact they can have. How it takes just one bad decision to destroy lives.
“I would do anything to have my son back but that is not possible so if I can help save one life, then we will have achieved something.”
She went on to remember their mother-son relationship, which was ‘the strongest you could imagine’.
“We were best friends, and out of his many, many, wonderful qualities the one that made me most proud was his mission to help others – he was the most selfless person I knew.”
To conclude her statement, Brenda added: “I’m so incredibly proud of everything he achieved over the course of his 31 years; I’m proud to call him my son…. In Jamal’s own words: ‘The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will’.
“My beautiful son, you did that and then some.”
Brenda recently launched the Jamal Edwards Self Belief Trust in her son’s honour, a non-profit that supports the causes that mattered most to Jamal including homelessness and mental health.
Jamal was known best as being an entrepreneur and music pioneer, and was credited with launching the careers of a number of the UK’s biggest artists, including Ed Sheeran and Dave.