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Last night, X Factor judge and his wife finally have the courage to talk about what had happened in their life. They were devastated at the lost of their daughter they were expecting.
Mrs Barlow went into labour on Saturday, but Poppy was delivered stillborn.
In her statement last night, X Factor judge Barlow, 41, said: ‘Dawn and I are devastated to announce that we’ve lost our baby.
‘Poppy Barlow was delivered stillborn on August 4 in London. Our focus now is giving her a beautiful funeral and loving our three children with all our hearts. We’d ask at this painful time that our privacy be respected.’
Last night, a close friend, told the Mail: ‘Gary, and Dawn are just heartbroken. This is completely senseless. They just want time to grieve now and be with their children.’
Composer Lord Lloyd-Webber, who was a close friend for the couple tweeted last night: ‘Dearest Dawn & Gary, Madeleine & I are devastated about news of Poppy. Our thoughts & prayers are with you and your family.’
According to a spokesman, it is still too early on whether Barlow would perform at the Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday.
Barlow was planning on spending time with his 42-year-old wife and new child that he had made sure he would not travel far to film the ‘judges’ houses’ segment for the ITV reality show.
Last year, judge travelled to Los Angeles so that he could pick his final hopefuls for the X Factor UK, but this year he would go to Europe.
A show source said: ‘Gary had been adamant that he didn’t want to spend too much time apart from Dawn and the new baby.’
The sad news comes The news comes under two weeks after Take That band mate Mark Owen’s wife Emma gave birth to their third child, Fox India.
Another Take That member who was expecting a baby is Robbie Williams with wife Ayda Field.
Before the sad tragedy, Mrs Barlow had carried the baby for 40 weeks.
Friends of the X Factor judge shared their condolences to the family on Twitter.
Fellow X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos wrote: ‘My thoughts & prayers are with @GBarlowOfficial and wife dawn tonight. Heartbreaking x.”
JLS, who got famous because of X Factor tweeted: ‘We send our condolences to @GBarlowOfficial and his family during this tough time. Our thoughts and prayers with you. Marv and the boys x.’
Amelia Lily also tweeted about the tragedy: ‘Sending all my love out to @GBarlowOfficial and family xxx.’
Una Healy, who is a member of The Saturdays, wrote: ‘My thoughts and prayers go out to @GBarlowOfficial and his wife and family such sad news RIP Poppy x.’
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