Charlotte Church’s biological father has died of Coronavirus at the age of 56 unable to reconnect with his grown daughter, it was announced Wednesday.
Stephen Reed was desperate to make amends with the baby star Voice of the Angel, 34, who walked out when she was just two.
Mr Reed was admitted to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, with Coronavirus before Christmas.
Call: Charlotte Church biological father Stephen Reed died of coronavirus at age 56 and was unable to reconnect with his fallen daughter, it was announced Wednesday
He is understood to have died at his home in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan with a family next to him.
A post mortem has been carried out for Glamorgan Crown but it is understood that there will be no questioning as he died of natural causes.
It is believed that Charlotte and her father did not make up before his death, nor did he meet his two eldest grandchildren Ruby, 13, and Dexter, 12.
MailOnline has contacted Charlotte representatives for comments.
Estranged: Stephen Reed was desperate to kiss and make up with the former children’s star Voice of the Angel, 34, on whom he walked out when she was just two (Charlotte pictured in 1999)
In 2008, Mr. Reed made a heartfelt public appeal urging Charlotte to remarry, and even come up at his home.
Ten months after the birth of his daughter Ruby, and because she was pregnant with her son Dexter, Mr Reed said: ‘Please let me know – I still love you.
‘It’s a great lift for me to have a grandson I don’t know and another one along the way, but what can I do?
‘When I see pictures of Ruby, I see a lot of myself in her. I am a good father. I think I would be a good grandparent. I don’t see what the problem is. ‘
Passing: Mr Reed was admitted to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, with Coronavirus before Christmas, and later died at his home (Charlotte pictured with her mother Maria)
Charlotte had previously stated that she did not expect to know her biological father or close family.
In an interview at the time, she said: ‘They are strangers to me. I don’t know if they are moral. Ignorance is in full swing. I live in my own ignorant bubbles, right or wrong. ‘
Mr. Reed walked out with his two-year-old wife Maria and Charlotte to start a new life with hospital podiatrist Alison, whom he married 33 years ago.
The couple Luke, 32, and Alex, 28, have two sons and several grandchildren.
Moreover: In 2008, Mr. Reed made a public appeal urging Charlotte to reconcile, she had previously stated that she did not intend to get to know him (pictured with her mother and stepfather James there in 2000)
Mr. Reed was a former computer engineer but became a successful curator.
His business, the Wildflower Honey Company, is a regular at food festivals and agricultural shows in Wales and the West.
Charlotte lived just 12 miles away from her fallen father in the town of Dinas Powys where she runs a private school.
She was introduced by Gavin Henson, the star of Welsh and British Lions rugby when her natural father tried to contact them in 2008.
But Charlotte remained loyal to her mother Maria and stepfather James, who had adopted her when she was three.
Charlotte shared her fears of losing James after being diagnosed with a rare borderline blood disorder, AL amyloidosis, in 2019.
At the time, she said of her illness: ‘It’s a terrible idea not to be around. I depend on him for so much, he is my friend, my best friend and he has been for years. ‘
Charlotte married musician Johnny Powell in 2017 and the couple welcomed a young girl together in August last year.
Family: Charlotte remained loyal to her mother Maria and stepfather James, who had adopted her when she was three (pictured together in 2004)