Tracey Emin has shared a devastating news of a family loss, revealing that her brother has passed away while she was in hospital being treated for ‘sepsis and diverticulitis.’
The artist, 63,took to Instagram and shared that she ‘was expecting but wasn’t expecting’ her brother’s death, and called Alan a ‘kind and gentle soul.’
She wrote: ‘I have had the strangest time. Deeply sad events, some I can write about some I can’t.
‘My elder brother Alan died last week. I was expecting it but not expecting it. I know he is where he wants to be.
‘I keep trying to tell myself the loss and sadness is mine. He is soaring high in a much better place.I loved my brother Alan very much he was a kind and gentle soul.
‘I also spent the last eight days in hospital. I keep being unwell. This time borderline sepsis and an acute attack of diverticulitis.
‘I’ve been suffering for weeks on and off, one infection after another.
‘It makes me so weak. Every bit of pain, every heartbreak feels like the heaviest weight trying to crush me.
‘This last couple of weeks I feel like I’ve been smashed with a sledgehammer. Broken, trampled, cursed….
‘So I am going to get out my giant golden shield and breastplate. I’m going to polish them so bright that the whole world reflects.
‘Any hex that’s thrown at me will go straight back. I’m ready…. We live now in the cruelest of worlds.
‘Alan was right to take his leave. I love you Alan. Rest in peace.’
It is pertinent to mention Trace suffered a major setback after she was diagnosed with bladder cancer six years ago.
Tracey previously underwent a series of major operations in 2020 after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer during lockdown.
2026-09-13 15:50:00
