She said: 'When Jamal passed Ed was at my house for literally a whole week with me and Tanisha.'īrenda continued that Ed had done everything for the family that they needed and that he had been like another son to her.Įd was close friends with Jamal after the entrepreneur established his music platform SBTV in 2006, which helped launched Ed's career. She appeared on Good Morning Britain recently where she spoke about Jamal in the lead up to the one year anniversary of his death. Last month Brenda revealed that Ed Sheeran stayed at her house for a week after Jamal died. Mr Hopper said that 'he appeared to be his normal self' and they 'began to chat, smoke some weed and drink' - but his famous friend then spoke about the pressure he was under.Īfter a while Mr Edwards became erratic and paranoid and began throwing objects around the room before collapsing, the inquest was told.ĭespite the best efforts of Mr Hopper and later his uncle, Rodney Artman, as well as paramedics, Mr Edwards did not wake up and was declared dead at 10.36am on Sunday February 20. The DJ and founder of online R&B/Hip-Hop platform SB.TV had returned to his home in Acton after 4am after playing a set in north London before he sat up drinking with a friend, Nick Hopper, who was living in an annex of the house. His heartbroken mother, Brenda, described him as 'a beautiful and selfless person' in a statement read to the inquest.Įarlier this year she said she wanted his death to 'help drive more conversation about the unpredictability of recreational drugs'. Three small snap bags containing the remnants of white powder were found on the 31-year-old son of Loose Women panellist Brenda after he collapsed at his west London home in February last year, the hearing was told.Īssistant West London Coroner Ivor Collett ruled that Mr Edwards died after a cardiac arrest brought on by taking cocaine and drinking alcohol. In August, an inquest heard that music entrepreneur Jamal died from a cardiac arrest after a late night cocaine and drinking session where he became paranoid and began throwing objects around the room before falling unconscious. She then became extremely emotional and began to cry as Tanisha sweetly held her in a tight hug. 'Because even if I am having a really bad day and I want to fall off, at the end of that bad day I think I've actually got something to do, I've got work to do!'.īrenda then added that the support she has received has been a 'blessing' as she said their family now just have to 'keep going'. She added: 'People have been holding us up and helping and I feel so honoured to have that. Loss: The TV presenter, 53, was left heartbroken in February when Jamal died after a cardiac arrest brought on by taking cocaine and drinking alcohol (pictured November 2021)
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