Teenage Son Of Disabled Artist Alison Lapper Dies Suddenly

It is not known how Parys died, though Clift recalled: “Ali fought many battles against the establishment to keep Parys, bringing him up by herself in some very difficult circumstances indeed and continued to fight for him through his teenage years.”

He added: “Keep Parys in the forefront of your minds and hearts for a long while…he was a mischievous, generous, kind, loving, frustrating, cheeky, forgiving, beautiful boy. He was his own man. He was a good son.”

Alison Lapper was born without arms and was the subject of a sculpture by Mark Quinn, which was on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth for two years. She appeared in No Body’s Perfect with the photographer Rankin and the BBC series Child Of Our Time.