Yahoo News Elton John shares that he's missing his tonsils, adenoids, appendix, prostate, 2 knees, and a hip
The EGOT winner is the subject of a new documentary.
Elton John is still standing.
It hasn't been easy, the 77-year-old hitmaker explained Tuesday, at the New York Film Festival premiere of Elton John: Never Too Late, a documentary focused on the early days of his career and his farewell concert at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium in November 2022.
"To be honest with you, there's not much of me left," the "Your Song" artist told the crowd, per PEOPLE. "I don't have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix. I don't have a prostate. I don't have a right hip or a left knee or a right knee. In fact, the only thing left to me is my left hip. But I'm still here. And I can't thank you [enough], you're the people that made me."
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The five-time Grammy winner — who attained the elusive status of EGOT in January — thanked his husband David Furnish and their sons, Zachary and Elijah, for "making me the happiest man in the world."
"I found complete and utter happiness and bliss when I met David and when I had my children, our children. And it satisfied me so much. I've never felt happiness like I have now," John said.
John's latest health struggle has been with his vision; in fact, when his documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, John frustratedly told the audience that he couldn't see them at all. The "Rocket Man" singer had revealed the same week that he was struggling with a "severe eye infection." He said then that he was "healing," but noted it was an "extremely slow process."
Directed by Furnish and documentarian R.J. Cutler, Elton John: Never Too Late debuts in a limited number of theaters Nov. 15. It will be available Dec. 13 on Disney+.
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The legendary singer secured his EGOT in January when he won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special for Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium, featuring footage of his final show. John won the first of his five Grammy Awards in 1987 with "That's What Friends Are For." His first Oscar, for Best Original Song for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King, arrived in 1994. He also shared an Oscar with Bernie Taupin in 2020 for Original Song for "I'm Gonna Love Me Again" from his biopic starring Taron Egerton and Jamie Bell, Rocketman. In 2000, he earned the Tony Award for his Aida score.
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