Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E rere ana ngā mihi ki a Lil' Chris, te whetū o te rongonui o te Kura Rock Channel 4, kua kitea kua mate i te 24 o ona tau. Ko te kaitapere, kaiwaiata me te tangata rongonui o te pouaka whakaata, ko Chris Hardman tōna ingoa tūturu, i mate i te Mane i tōna kāinga o Lowestoft. I tae mai te rongo i nga marama noa iho i mua i te wa e whakareri ana te whetu taiohi ki te whakarewa i tana hokinga mai. Kua kī mai te pirihimana kāore i te whakaarohia tōna matenga hei mea whakapae. Ko Harry Judd o McBusted me Caroline Flack o Strictly Come Dancing kei roto i nga tangata rongonui kua whakahonore ki te 'tamaiti ataahua, taitamariki'. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua mate a Lil Chris, ko Chris Hardman tōna ingoa, nāna i whai ingoa i roto i te Rock School o Channel 4, i te 24 o ōna tau. Ko te kaihautū o Kiss, a Gene Simmons, nāna a Chris i whakanui i a ia ki te rongonui i runga i te Rock School i muri i tana whakataunga i a ia hei kaiwaiata matua o tētahi rōpū ākonga, i tuhipoka hoki: 'He pouri ki te pūrongo i a Lil Chris mai i te whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata a Gene Simmons Rock School, kua mate. I arohaina ia. Kia ora, e Lil Chris.' I muri mai ka korerotia e ia ki te Mirror Online: 'Ko Lil Chris he wairua atawhai, iti. Ka nui taku mihi ki tana ataata me tana wairua. I mohio ahau he mea motuhake mo ia i te wa i tutaki ai ahau ki a ia. Whai muri i tana noho hei whetu o te whakaaturanga, i whakawhiwhia a Chris ki tetahi kirimana takitahi, ka haere ki te tuku i tana hit rongonui, Checkin 'It Out, i te 2006. Ko te waiata, i whakamahia i muri mai i roto i nga kaupapa kakahu a Asda's George, i uru ki te nama 13 i te UK Single Chart, a ka eke ki te Nama 3 i te wiki e whai ake nei. Ko nga korero mo tona matenga e wha marama i mua i tana tuku i tetahi pukaemi hokinga mai, kaore ano kia tukuna mai i te tau 2008 Ko te aha katoa. I te marama o Tihema ka tuhia e ia ki runga i a Twitter: 'Kei te whakamahere ahau ki te hoki mai ano! Ko te tūmanako he roa ake te roa o tēnei wā! Kia mau ki te noho mo nga whakahou. (sic)'Engari i te timatanga o tenei marama, i kii te kaiwaiata ki ana akonga kei te whakaaro ia ki te whakarere i tana mahi kaiwaiata. I tuhituhi ia: 'Ko te whakaaro ki te whakarere i te puoro mo ake tonu atu...me tae mai te wa ki te wa e tika ana kia aro atu ahau ki te pono. Kāore au i te pai rawa. (sic) 'I mua ake nei i kōrero te whetū mō te mamae ki te pouri, e whakahua ana i te mate i roto i ngā tweets e rua...
I mate te kaitapere, kaiwaiata me te tangata rongonui o te pouaka whakaata i Lowestoft i te Mane, e ai ki te pirihimana. I kii te pirihimana o Suffolk kaore te mate ohorere o Chris e kiia ana he whakapae. I mua ake nei i kōrero te whetū taitamariki e pā ana ki tōna mate pouri. Ko McBusted rāua ko Caroline Flack i roto i ngā tangata rongonui e tuku mihi ana ki te whetū. Ko Gene Simmons o Rock Show hoki i tweet: 'I arohaina ia. Kia ora, e te tamaiti o Chris. Mo te tautoko whakawhirinaki, waea atu ki nga Hamaria i te UK i runga i te 08457 90 90 90, toro atu ki tetahi peka o nga Hamaria o te rohe, ka paato ranei ki konei mo nga taipitopito.