Grief for Barlow and wife as baby daughter stillborn

In a statement issued through his agent last night, the couple said their baby, Poppy, was delivered stillborn in London on Saturday.

Barlow’s wife Dawn was eight months pregnant.

On July 5, Barlow had tweeted that Poppy was due to be born in seven weeks’ time.

In the statement, he 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.”

The 41-year-old singer and X-Factor judge had previously spoken about how he was looking forward to becoming a father for the fourth time with his wife, a 42-year-old dancer.

They announced the pregnancy in February and in April, Barlow, already a father to Daniel, Emily and Daisy, wrote on Twitter: “There’s gonna be another girl in the Barlow household!”