Félicité Tomlinson, the half-sister of former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson, has died aged 18. The Instagram influencer and aspiring fashion designer died following a suspected cardiac arrest at her west London flat.
Scotland Yard said police were called to her home on 13 March by a person thought to have been with her at the time. “A female believed to be aged 18 was pronounced dead at the scene,” the statement said. There will be a postmortem.
Louis Tomlinson was told of his sister’s death that day, and has cancelled his appearance on Friday night’s Comic Relief broadcast. The Late Late Show presenter James Corden has paid tribute to Félicité. “So many people are pulling for you and your family right now,” he tweeted.
Félicité had a clothing line, Fizzy, and was a popular presence on Instagram, where she talked to her 1.4 million followers about fashion and fitness. In May 2016, she hit back at body-shamers for “perpetuating rape culture and adding to female oppression”.
She was one of seven siblings, including Louis. Their mother, Johannah, died from leukaemia in December 2016; earlier this month, Louis released a single, Two of Us, paying tribute to her.
