PERTH, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 04: John Farnham executes on phase at Falls Festival on January 4, 2020 in Fremantle, Australia. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Wire Image) Photo by Matt Jelonek/Wire Image
John Farnham is cancer-complimentary and also sensation like “the luckiest man alive.”
The epic Australian vocalist shared the bright side to note the wedding anniversary of a marathon procedure to eliminate a malignant development from his mouth.
“It’s been a year since my first surgery and to be honest I’ve lost count as to how many other procedures there’s been since then. I’m sure someone’s kept track of them all — let’s just say, there’s been a few,” he creates in a declaration.
“But, I’m home now and I’m a very grateful and happy man.”
The 74-year-old musician undertook 8 weeks of radiation therapy after that initial surgery, and also was provided the “all clear” from physicians last month.
“It’s only now that I can start to appreciate and comprehend, for myself, how many messages of love and support have been sent to me over the past year,” he includes. “I don’t know what to say, other than thank you so very much. It honestly means the world to me.”
And just how did he note the wedding anniversary of his surgical procedure? By appreciating a pizza — “because I can,” he said. “I can’t wait to see what might be next on the menu. Bring on 2024.”
Farnham is just one of Australia’s most effective — and also most identifiable — recording musicians, with hits throughout 5 years.
The best of them all is “You’re the Voice,” which led the Australian graph (after that the Kent Music Report) and also came to a head at No. 6 on the Official U.K. Chart. “You’re The Voice” and also Men At Work’s “Down Under” are pertained to in these components as the “unofficial” nationwide anthems.
The struck solitary showed up on 1986’s Whispering Jack, the very first document to offer over a million duplicates in Australia. To this particular day, Whispering Jack is acknowledged as the highest-selling Australian cd in ARIA background, with greater than 1.6 million duplicates moved.
Farnham has actually been admired with numerous honors and also honors, consisting of the 1987 Australian of the Year, he was made Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996, he’s accumulated 21 ARIA Awards — one of the most by a solo musician — and also swore in right into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2003.
When Farnham was confessed to healthcare facility previously this year to battle a chest infection, followers was afraid the most awful. But the vocalist, as he has actually done throughout his videotaping profession, made a solid resurgence.
In May of this year, he was the topic of a feature-length docudrama, John Farnham: Finding The Voice, launched via Sony Pictures, with a friend soundtrack via Wheatley Records / Sony Music Australia. The doc took place to end up being Australia’s highest-grossing feature-length songs docudrama of perpetuity, and also the LP debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart, for his 20th leading 10 look.
