Harry Styles's stepfather deadLondon, June 22 (AZINS) Singer Harry Styles lost his stepfather Robin Twist to cancer earlier this week. He was 57.

"Harry's stepfather, Robin Twist, sadly passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. The family asks for privacy at this time," a spokesperson to Styles told femalefirst.co.uk.

Twist married Style's mother Anne Cox in 2013.

The 23-year-old singer was the best man at Twist and Cox's wedding.

Twist's death comes just three weeks after his fourth wedding anniversary. He also had two children from a previous marriage, Mike and Amy.