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<\/p>\nSimon Cowell has opened up about the death of mother, Julie, who passed away at the age of 89 in July. The X Factor judge revealed that he was thinking of her while watching an emotional performance of Labrinth\u2019s \u2018Jealous\u2019 from Josh Daniels recently.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Loose Women\u2019s Ruth Langsford and Jane Moore, Cowell spoke about the tearful audition, saying: \u00ab\u2026 it was quite near when it all happened and I think it was the last audition and I wasn\u2019t really expecting what happened.\u00bb He added: \u00ab\u2026 and of course the lyric of the song and it was quite difficult because I thought, \u2018God this is going to be really hard to sit through this.\u2019 \u00abBut then you\u2019ve got to think of [Josh] and it\u2019s his moment but yes it was very emotional.\u00bb Speaking about his mother, Simon said: \u00abShe was a huge fan of the show, she loved the show,\u2026.<\/p>\n
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Simon Phillip Cowell was born on 7 October 1959[7][8] in Lambeth, London, and raised in Elstree, Hertfordshire. His mother, Julie Brett (n\u00e9e Josie Dalglish, 1925\u20132015),[9] was a ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell (1918\u20131999), was an estate agent, property developer, and music industry executive.[10] Cowell\u2019s father was from a mostly Jewish family (his own mother was born in Poland),[11] though he did not discuss his ancestry with his children. Cowell\u2019s mother was from a Christian background.[11][12] He has a younger brother, Nicholas Cowell; three half brothers, John, Tony, and Michael Cowell; and a half sister, June Cowell.[13] Cowell attended Radlett Preparatory School, Licensed Victuallers\u2019 School in Ascot for one year,<\/p>\n