Elton John, 77, reflects on his mortality: ‘I don’t know how much time I have left’ | Ents & Arts News

Sir Elton John has spoken openly about his fears of death, saying “I don’t know how much time I have left”, in a new documentary about his life.

THE Rocketman singer, 77 years old also admitted that her young children worry about her age.

Elton John: Never Too Late was screened at a special gala screening at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the London Film Festival (LFF) Thursday, and depicts his decades-long career.

Directed by American filmmaker RJ Cutler and Sir Elton’s husband David Furnish, the project includes never-before-seen footage and conversations with the artist’s longtime partner Bernie Taupin, as well as Dua Lipa and the late John Lennon.

Mr Elton ended his touring career last yearwith his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

He has suffered from various health problems over the years, including knee and hip replacements, surgery for prostate cancer and recently revealed he had limited vision in one eye following a serious eye infection.

Footage from the film shows him preparing for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, after performing two sold-out concerts there in 1975.

Sir Elton, 77, said: “I wonder what’s going to happen to all this when I’m done? It’s the last period of my life. I don’t know how much time I have left.

“And you think about it more when you get to my age. You think about life and death. You say, Well, I just want to be where I want to be now.

“I don’t need to work after this tour. I’ll work on records, put on radio shows and do other things, but traveling takes so much out of you.

“It’s very tiring. I’m used to it and I’m a veteran at this… but that’s when you start to think about mortality.”

“They are worried about my mortality”

He also says in the film that his two sons Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11, “think about his mortality.”

He explains: “They worry about my mortality because they know how old I am. Not so much David, but me, they love their dad so they want me to be there forever.

“I would love to be here forever. I want to see them have kids and get married, but I don’t think I’ll be here for that, who knows, you never know.

“That’s why I want to make the most of my time while I’m here…time together is so wonderful and so precious.”

Sir Elton told the LFF audience that the contrast between his final performance and his concerts in the same stadium almost 50 years later was stark.

He said: “I’m leaving the stage for the last time in America, and once again at Dodger Stadium, where I have the most wonderful life. No sadness, just happiness, family, children, husband , friends, sobriety, it was a hell of a time.” difference.

“And it’s shown in two parts – what can happen to people who aren’t really… I wasn’t prepared for the success I had, I loved it, but the background , or the bad part was that all I had was music, and there was nothing else or any foundation.

“So they captured it brilliantly, and I really didn’t have much to do with it. I let them do it.”

In 2019, Taron Egerton starred in Rocketman, a film about Sir Elton’s early life, depicting his childhood through the 1980s. The film earned Sir Elton his second Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Known for his hits including I’m Still Standing, Candle In The Wind and Your Song, he was named a member of the Order of Companions of Honor in 2021.

Elton John: Never Too Late premieres December 13 on Disney Plus.