Voice coach Sir Tom Jones has spoken for the first time about how he persuaded showbiz pal Jimmy Tarbuck to get tested for prostate cancer.
The Scouser is getting treatment after his diagnosis – and the Welsh singer revealed Tarby said to him: “You’ve saved my life.” The Sex Bomb star will hit 80 in June and regularly gets health checks to ensure he is in top form.
And he was on hand when his friend of more than 50 years Tarbuck, who is 80, confided in him that he feared he had something wrong.
Sir Tom said: “Some fellas are a little shy to go (to the doctor) and it’s such a simple bloody thing to start with. Jimmy was saying to me, ‘They found something.
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