Legendary singer Sir Tom Jones has celebrated his milestone 84th birthday today. But heartbreakingly there will be one key person missing from his celebrations - his beloved wife, Linda. The couple had been married for 59 years when Linda lost her "short but fierce" battle with cancer in 2016.
Her tragic death aged 75 left the Sex Bomb singer devastated as he paid an emotional tribute to the woman who had been at his side since he was a teenager. Sir Tom said: "I recently lost my wife, my wife passed away and she was very important to me. There are a lot of people I'm proud of.
"You've got to carry on, you have to, if I don't I'll fold. So music and everything that goes with it is keeping me a live, it keeps me going. And that's what she would want.
She told me that. And so it's giving me strength. She knew how much it meant to me.
And I'm doing it...
I'm keeping my head above water." The Welsh superstar was at his beloved wife's bedside as she lost her fight against the cruel disease after cancelling the Asian leg of his tour and rushing to be close to her. Sir Tom and Linda were just 16 when they tied the knot after meeting in the mining village of Pontypridd.
Just a few months later the couple welcomed their only child, son Mark, and settled down into married life. But when Sir Tom burst onto the music scene at 24, Linda stayed firmly in the background. Initially, the Sixties sensation was described as a 22-year-old Welsh miner who was single.
In fact, Sir Tom was a 24-yea.
