Sir Tom Jones opened up about the heart-wrenching advice his late wife Melinda "Linda" Trenchard gave him before she succumbed to cancer. The couple had been married for 59 years, from 1957 until her death in 2016.

The iconic singer, who celebrates his 85th birthday today, shared the poignant words of wisdom from Linda during an appearance on the BBC show Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn.

He said: "When my wife knew that she had terminal cancer, I was with her for the last 10 days in hospital in the room with her. She said, 'Look I gotta leave, but you don't fall with me. I'm going down, I know, there's nothing I can do about it but don't you do that.'

"She told me, 'Don't you fall with me, you've got to keep going, you've got to get on stage. You've still got songs to sing and

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