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TV star dies a yr after arrest for manslaughter as ‘heartbroken’ sister pays tribute

The star was on bail on the time of their demise.

Jordan James Parke, often known as the Lip King, has died a yr after being arrested (Picture: NA)

A TV star dubbed Britain’s “Lip King” died on Wednesday, February 18, on the age of 34, his household has confirmed. Jordan James Parke, from Dudley, West Midlands, discovered fame by his TV appearances about his obsession with beauty surgical procedure. Police consider he could have been present process a process on the time of his demise, and two folks have been arrested on the scene. In a press release, a Met Police spokesperson mentioned: “On Wednesday, 18 February at 12:38hrs, police have been referred to as by the London Ambulance Service to reviews of an unconscious man on Lincoln Plaza, Canary Wharf. Officers attended alongside paramedics, and a 34-year-old man was sadly declared useless on the scene. His subsequent of kin have been knowledgeable,” it learn.

“After police performed pressing enquiries, a 43-year-old man and a 52-year-old girl have been arrested on Friday, 20 February, on suspicion of manslaughter. They’ve since been bailed pending additional investigation. His demise is at the moment being handled as unexplained, and an investigation to ascertain the complete circumstances is ongoing. Nevertheless, officers are reviewing data that means the sufferer could have been present process a beauty process previous to his demise. That is an preliminary line of enquiry at this stage. Officers are at the moment awaiting the outcomes of a autopsy examination that will likely be held in the end,” the assertion concluded.

Taking to Instagram, his sister Sharnelle Parke paid a heartbreaking tribute to the star. Posting an image of Jordan sitting together with his household having fun with a meal at house, she wrote: “I merely don’t have any phrases to even comprehend this. That is going to be the toughest publish I’ll ever have to jot down.

“Our stunning, humorous, most wonderful Jordan James Parke handed away on Wednesday, the 18th of February 2026. We as a household are numb, shocked and heartbroken. There will likely be some unkind messages that will likely be posted concerning this heartbreaking information, however please, in the event you knew Jordan, you’ll know that none of what’s going to be posted is true, and please maintain him in your coronary heart,” she penned in a message crammed with damaged coronary heart and crying emojis.

She continued: “Jordan, I’ve no phrases to clarify the disappointment and heartbreak that we’re feeling; you have been our greatest buddy, our complete world, our all the pieces! We love you greater than something on this planet! There are merely no phrases to precise how grateful we’re that you just have been in our lives. The world feels so empty with out you. And I don’t understand how we’re going to keep it up. Jordan, we love you a lot. I hope you might be dancing within the sky with Nan and Granda. Goodnight, God bless, stunning,” she concluded.

In September 2024, Jordan, who labored as a beautician and a make-up artist, was linked to the demise of Alice Webb, a mum-of-five, after she fell in poor health whereas recovering from a “liquid BBL” (Brazilian Bum Carry).

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Jordan James Parke was on bail on the time of his demise (Picture: NA)

Though she was rushed to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, she died the next morning in what’s believed to be the primary “liquid BBL” demise within the UK, and Jordan and a second suspect have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. As of December 2025, he was on bail and had not been formally charged with something.

Jordan admitted he had spent greater than £130,000 on 50 beauty procedures, which included higher eyelid surgical procedure, a lip elevate, a chin implant and a number of other rounds of liposuction. Though his idol was Kim Kardashian in 2016, he informed This Morning hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford that trying just like the star was by no means a part of his plan and he’d simply “all the time been obsessive about celeb cosmetic surgery”.

He additionally appeared on the American TV sequence Botched in 2015 and once more in 2019, the place he was refused a second nostril job with docs saying it might contain eradicating a rib and elevating issues it may have an effect on his respiratory. He was additionally suggested he wasn’t a candidate for additional liposuction, which might make his abdomen looser.

Throughout one episode of the truth present, he confessed he struggled to maneuver his face after dozens of surgical procedures and admitted his large lips began leaking.

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