Harry Styles' stepfather Robin Twist dead

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London: Singer Harry Styles lost his stepfather 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.