'Linda was my one love' Tom Jones talks potential new romance after wife's death
express.co.ukSir Tom Jones was married to his childhood sweetheart Linda for 59 years after they got together as teenagers.The 82-year-old lost his wife in April 2016 aged 75 after a "short but fierce" battle with lung cancer.In a recent interview, The Voice UK coach was asked if he believes he could ever fall in love again.Gushing over his wife, he said Linda was a "a part of me" and doesn't think he would have the same connection with someone else.He told Joe Wicks on his podcast: "No, I'll never love again.There was one love of my life, and that was Linda."I'm glad we had our lives together but I wish she was here now, we would be old together."Tom went on to say he had fallen for Linda at just 12 years old, with the pair going on to marry four years later.A month later, they welcomed their only child together, a son named Mark."We grew up together and we loved one another ever since we saw one another," he added.Last week, Tom left The Voice UK audience in tears when he sang his song I Won't Crumble If You Fall, dedicated to his late wife.The singer told viewers: "Now this song is very important to me.
I try to pick songs that mean a lot to me."And this song is trying to tell you that people that you love, sometimes they need to be backed up.
You need to give them strength and encouragement."My wife, you know, she was dying of lung cancer, so I said, you know, I was always able to fix stuff, to do things if she needed me I was always there."She said, 'Don't crumble with me, don't fall now, you've done everything you can, you must carry on and do what you do'."So I put the song, when I heard it, it was like it was written for this situation.
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