AT 84, STILL STANDING — THE QUIET, HEARTBREAKING LIFE OF CLIFF RICHARD BEHIND THE SMILE. FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES, HE WAS BRITAIN’S EVER-SMILING IDOL — BUT AT 84, Cliff Richard IS FINALLY SPEAKING WITH A TIRED HONESTY THAT STOPS PEOPLE COLD. THIS IS THE STORY OF FAME WITHOUT REST, SUCCESS WITHOUT SHELTER, AND THE QUIET LONELINESS THAT LINGERS LONG AFTER THE APPLAUSE FADES.
Introduction: For most of the world, Cliff Richard has always been the smiling king of British pop — the clean-cut icon who brought rock and roll across the Atlantic, filled…