Our thoughts are with their family.
Louis Tomlinson's mother Johannah Deakin has died following a long battle with leukaemia,
the Sun reports.
Johannah who was due to turn 43 today passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
As well as Louis she had six other children, Lottie, 18, Felicite, 16, twins Daisy and Phoebe, both 12, and twins Ernest and Doris, aged two.
Louis was very close to his mother and often shared pictures of them together.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BM9s8S3jSzV/?taken-by=louist91
Louis is due to make his debut performance at
The X Factor final on Saturday night and it is said that he will go ahead with it in tribute to his late mother.
Friends and fans have paid their respects on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/CherylOfficial/status/807221801818456064
https://twitter.com/RelatableQuote/status/807224489989828608
https://twitter.com/louistomitalia/status/807218548238143488
https://twitter.com/Naghmeh_Villa/status/807227379148001281
https://twitter.com/poemsfornialler/status/807226965359005696