Desperately missed: Bethany Fenton's 'audition' of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for Simon Cowell was described by her family as the 'highlight of her short little life'A five-year-old girl has died just two days after she achieved her Britain's Got Talent dream of singing for Simon Cowell.
Bethany Fenton, who had an inoperable brain tumour, was granted her wish to visit the BGT studios in north London ahead of Saturday's final.
The youngster performed Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to Simon and met some of the finalists in the competition, including singing great-grandmother Janey Cutler, drumming prodigy Kieran Gaffney and street dancers Twist And Pulse.
But today the tragic youngster passed away at the Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford after a sudden deterioration in her condition at home.
Her parents Jemma and Sean were said to be 'devastated' at their home in Fairford, near Cirenceste.
Family friend and spokesman Robin Thompson, who organised the trip to see Simon Cowell, said. 'Saturday night at Britain's Got Talent was the highlight of her short life.
'So nice': Bethany said after singing to Simon Cowell, pictured with his Bafta, that he she loved himShe became very poorly on Monday and in the early hours of Tuesday morning she was taken to the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital.
'Bethany died in hospital at approximately breakfast time.'
Last year Bethany was diagnosed with a grade three to four anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumour but surgeons said it was impossible to remove as it was inside the brain, growing outwards.
A second MRI scan in September last year revealed the tumour had grown and began seriously affecting her.
The family, which includes daughter Gracie, two, and stepson Louis, ten, had emptied its savings into a fund to search for possible treatments but recently became more concerned with helping Bethany enjoy the time she had remaining.
Speaking after her dream trip to Britain's Got Talent on Saturday, Bethany said: 'I loved them all, especially Kieran, who asked for my wristband to give us both luck.
'Simon let me sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to him. He's so nice and I love him.
Bethany, sits on the lap of 80-year-old singer Janey Cutler who performed in Saturday's final'The hotel was awesome and all the people so friendly; they made me and my brother Louis so happy. And the food was yummy.'
Bethany's dad, a former soldier who served in Afghanistan, said at the weekend: 'Meeting the acts was great - but the highlight of the day was meeting Simon Cowell, who was a true gentleman, joking with Bethany and listening intently as she sang to him.
Pop idol: Bethany gets a cuddle from drumming star Kieran Gaffney (left) and (right) shares a joke with her parents, Jemma and Sean 'Janey Cutler and Kieran Gaffney really made a fuss of Beth and when all the acts were on the stage at the end of the show you could see Kieran was holding Bethany's hospital tag for luck.
'Amanda Holden completed a great day by giving the family a cake each and telling jokes to Bethany. She was such a nice lady.'
Bethany sang her nursery rhyme to Simon in his dressing room after afternoon rehearsals and met fellow judges and cast over tea.
source: dailymail
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