He added: “The doctors do not believe it has spread and I’m taking tests to confirm their diagnosis. He has previously been open about how he became hooked on cigarettes as a child and smoked for decades. In a previous interview with the London Evening Standard newspaper, he said: “Well, I smoked for 30 years. “Then I just started in Las Vegas and the band and I went down to a little club and somebody offered me a cigarette. Not on a pack a day, ‘cause when I was really smoking I was on three packs a day – non filters.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 22, 2025 21:43 UTC