James Morrison’s companion Gill Catchpole on the lookout for residence earlier than demise

James Morrison’s companion Gill Catchpole was on the lookout for a home to hire simply 24 hours earlier than she died and had just lately spoken of her ‘ups, downs and heartache’ after a life-saving kidney transplant, MailOn-line can reveal at the moment.

The mother-of-two, a café proprietor and caterer, was discovered lifeless at their household residence in Gloucestershire aged 45.

The singer, 39, and his household have been ‘devastated’ by Gill’s demise. The couple had two daughters, Elsie, 15, and Ada Rose, 5. 

MailOn-line can reveal that Gill was on the lookout for a property within the Whitminster space on the eve of her demise – the fourth household tragedy James Morrison has suffered in recent times.

Police usually are not stated to be treating her demise as suspicious. It got here round 14 months after she underwent a kidney transplant, which she admitted had shattered her life however praised her household for ‘choosing up the various items of my life’.

Gill, a café proprietor and caterer, reportedly died on Friday. The day earlier than the tragedy she wrote on an area Facebook group: ‘Looking for a home to hire in Whitminster ASAP. Please contact me if anybody is aware of or hears of something. TIA [thanks in advance].

A buddy then stated on social media: ‘Gill is a really pricey buddy of mine. If anybody has any properties to hire ideally within the Whitminster space please let me know or message Gill instantly’.

Gill underwent a kidney transplant in late 2021 after one was working at ’35 per cent’. It got here as a shock to her.

Ms Catchpole had shared a put up on her enterprise’ social media late final yr expressing pleasure at getting the enterprise going after present process a kidney transplant. 

She wrote within the November 2023 put up: ‘Well, what can I say. What a distinction a yr makes. This time final yr I used to be having my kidney transplant and a yr on after many ups downs and heartache I’m a right here proudly owning my very own enterprise. 

‘At the beginning of this yr I actually by no means noticed this coming. For anybody on the market struggling I can let you know from expertise it does get higher. 

‘Thanks to my superb household and associates which were there by means of all of it and picked up the various items of me and my life. You all know who you’re. Today I really feel blessed.’

It is yet one more tragedy for Morrison who till his biggest hits album in 2022 disappeared from the music trade for a while after shedding his father Paul, an alcoholic, in addition to huge brother Alexis and nephew Callum throughout the area of three years.

Gill supported him all through these struggles whereas going by means of well being issues herself that led to a kidney transplant final yr. 

James Morrison described his romance with the late Gill Catchpole as a ‘fairytale’ that started when he was 17 and he or she moved into his mom’s residence as a lodger together with her boyfriend.

Morrison rose to fame in 2006 together with his hit You Give Me Something adopted by quite a few hit singles and 5 high ten albums over 15 years. Gill was by his facet all through that success – and was a muse for James who’s famed for his love songs.

The star has spoken candidly of his romance with Ms Catchpole, telling podcast White Wine Question Time that she had moved into his mom’s home as a lodger together with her then-boyfriend. 

That boyfriend ended up occurring a date with Morrison’s mom, and he and Gill, would later fall in love. James revealed that he had been studying songs from a Stevie Wonder album and started ‘serenading’ her with the tunes in a bid to impress her.

He stated: ‘When she moved in, I began singing all of the songs off that album to her. I used to be enjoying all of that stuff on the acoustic guitar. I’m not like: “I love romance.” But I do discover sure issues romantic and the truth that we met one another the best way we did. It’s like just a little fairytale or one thing’.

The couple had two youngsters.

Morrison has spoken of serving to Gill discover power when daughter Ada was born 13 weeks untimely, weighing simply 1lb 11oz, talking of a ‘troublesome yr’ because the tiny child was introduced into the world.

Elsie was additionally born in troublesome situations, together with her umbilical wire wrapped round her neck. The difficult delivery noticed Ms Catchpole spend per week and a half in hospital.

Morrison, who himself was born untimely and needed to be introduced again from the brink 4 occasions after contracting whooping cough as a child, stated his companion was irreplaceable after all the pieces she had endured for his or her youngsters.

He advised the Mirror of the moments after Ada’s delivery: ‘When we received again to the ward I let all my emotion out. Gill was my hero.

‘I’m nonetheless so in awe of how she received by means of it. She’s my rock. I’ve recognized her since I used to be enjoying open mic bars and was a van cleaner. I may by no means change her.’

He advised Lorraine in 2019: ‘[My daughter] was born simply 1lb 11oz. She was actually actually small, however now she’s a superb robust child. She makes up for it in quantity.

‘It’s good we have thus far, as the primary yr was troublesome. Everything that was laborious is price it now.

‘(Gill) was feeling down after the child, so I had a lot admiration for her.

‘I simply needed to put in writing a track that seemed like sunshine on the radio. I needed to carry her spirits, and he or she stated I did that.’

Morrison is an acclaimed songwriter who, in addition to performing his personal hits, has written for stars together with Olly Murs and Demi Lovato.

Suggesting there was new music within the pipeline, it was captioned: ‘New yr, new journey’.

Sources say that the singer is ‘devastated’, together with his household rallying spherical to assist him. He has beforehand described her as his ‘hero’ and their romance a ‘little fairy story’, with latest album Stronger Than You Know’s title impressed by her power after the untimely delivery of daughter Ada.

He has two ladies with Ms Catchpole: Elsie, 15, and Ada, who’s now 5. Ms Catchpole ran a café and catering enterprise from the village the place the household lived.

His final Instagram put up confirmed him in his residence studio with a guitar in entrance of a pc working recording software program hours earlier than Gill was discovered lifeless. 

The Sun reviews that police vehicles sat exterior the Cotswold Sandwich Box enterprise on Saturday. It was closed as officers visited. There usually are not considered any suspicious circumstances surrounding her demise, a household buddy advised the paper.

They stated: ‘Gill was discovered lifeless on Friday on the household’s residence in Whitminster.

‘James is devastated and is being supported by his household. He is holding it collectively for his or her ladies however has requested for the household to be left alone to grieve in non-public.’

A neighborhood added that the village was in ‘full shock’ following the tragedy. 

Morrison’s 2006 debut album, Undiscovered, is a five-time licensed platinum launch within the UK; follow-up Songs for You, Truth for Me went platinum thrice, whereas 2011’s The Awakening reached Number One and was licensed platinum too.

He advised The Mail on Sunday in 2015: ‘Alexis and Callum died only a yr aside. After my Dad died it was heartbreaking to start out shedding the subsequent generations.’

Of his father, he added: ‘By the tip he was a legislation unto himself. We had been in common contact throughout his remaining weeks. 

‘I used to be nonetheless telling him, “There’s still time. You can be a grandad to Elsie.” But he would simply say, “I don’t need help.”

‘The night time he died from a coronary heart assault, I used to be on tour. I’d left my cell within the recording studio the night time earlier than and, once I collected it, it was full of missed calls from my dad. 

‘No messages, simply missed calls. Man, that was brutal. I’ll by no means know now what he needed to say to me.’