Charlotte Church's biological father, Stephen Reed, has died of coronavirus aged 56, it has been reported.
He was admitted to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff before Christmas and has been battling the effects of Covid since then.
It has been reported that Stephen later died at his home in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan with his family at his side.
Stephen walked out on his wife Maria and Charlotte when she was two years old and it is thought that he had been desperate to reconnect with the 34-year-old singer before being struck down by the virus.
It is believed that Charlotte had not made up with her father before his passing.
It is believed that Stephen never met his two oldest grandchildren Ruby, 13, and Dexter, 12.
A post mortem examination was carried out for the Glamorgan Coroner but it is understood there will be no inquest because he died of natural causes.
Charlotte's estranged father made a public plea in 2008, asking for his daughter for a reconciliation, 10 months after she had welcomed daughter Ruby and while she was pregnant with son Dexter.
He said at the time: "Please get in contact with me – I still love you.
"It upsets me very much that I've got a grandchild who I don't know and another on the way, but what can I do?
"When I see photos of Ruby, I see a lot of myself in her. I'm a good dad. I think I would be a good grandparent. I don't see what the problem is."
Charlotte said at the time that she had no intention in getting in touch: "They are strangers to me. I don't know if they are moral.
"Ignorance is bliss. I'm staying in my own ignorant bubble, right or wrong."
Stephen walked out on wife Maria when Charlotte was two and married hospital podiatrist Alison 33 years ago.
The couple have two sons Luke, 32, and Alex, 28, and several grandchildren.
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