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The Welsh singer, 80, tied the knot with Linda at the age of 16, several years after they first met on the school playground, in Pontypridd. They had one son, Mark Woodward, now 63, and were married for 59 years before she died from lung cancer five years ago. During that time, Sir Tom rose from working men s clubs singer to international entertainer, “sex symbol” and recently, a star judge on ITV’s The Voice.
Sir Tom and The Squires, his former band, rose to fame in the Sixties before they shot to number one in UK charts with the hit It’s Not Unusual.
After that, they toured the US where scores of women claimed to have slept with the singer – despite him being married.
Sir Tom previously confessed to more than 250 affairs a year at the height of his fame, in a 2012 Telegraph article.
He claimed his affairs “never hurt anybody” and that his “marriage was solid” – but later detailed one explosive clash where Linda “chinned” him after discovering an affair.
Tom Jones was married to his late wife Linda for 59 years before she died from cancer (Image: GETTY / ITV)
SIR TOM JONES trashed the BBC in a brutal rant after being axed from The Voice, where he described the corporation as a cold place that was run by machines .
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The Welsh singer has sold more than 100 million records during five-and-a-half decades in the music industry. During that time, Sir Tom landed 36 hits in the UK Top 40 chart including It’s Not Unusual, Delilah and Sex Bomb. The Voice star, 80, also brushed shoulders with a number of unforgettable vocalists and admitted he once faced a dilemma over whose advice to follow.
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Before he died, Elvis Presley was one of the most famous people on the planet. Over the course of his career, the King of Rock N Roll hung out with some enormous stars and singers - including Welsh star Sir Tom Jones. After the duo met in the 1960s, they became “very good friends”, and spent a lot of time together, prompting Elvis to be “inspired by Tom” over the years. This weekend on The Voice UK, Sir Tom spoke up about one event which saw Elvis approaching him during the height of his fame to sing one of his own songs back to him.