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Cliff Richard has heartbreakingly talked about the end of his life as he turns 85. The star hits the milestone age today but he has showed no signs of slowing down yet.
Despite this, Cliff has said that he is aware that as he gets older than he needs to be more careful. Earlier this year he said “I might be dead next year” in a sad admission.
Cliff has enjoyed a successful career making music and touring the world. He is still touring at the age of 85 and has managed to sell more than 250million records across his decades-long career.
Speaking to Coast Radio in July: “The thing I would have to give up, probably, at some point is touring. It’s very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there.” They then went on to ask if his 2025 Can’t Stop Me Now tour could be his last.
Cliff added: “I might be dead next year. So I don’t even think about it anymore. It’s one of those things. As I get older, maybe I’ll become less able to perform, so I can’t say.” He said he didn’t want to be an “85-year-old guy trying to be 18” as he explained that he likes to just sing now rather than acting and dancing.
The singer has reportedly been looking into how he is able to reach 100. Cliff follows a Blood Type diet, meaning he can’t eat dairy or wheat, red meat, crustaceans, mangoes, papayas, bananas, potatoes, tomatoes or aubergines.
Cliff landed 14 No.1s in the UK and is the only star to reach top five in the album charts in eight different decades. He became the first British musician to be knighted back in 1995, has two Ivor Novello awards and three Brit Awards, and has been wowing fans on stage and screen since 1958.
Over the decades, Sir Cliff has had huge hits including Move it, The Young Ones, Mistletoe and Wine and Millennium Prayer. Cliff discovered his passion for performing when he was just 15.
The A-lister was playing the role of Ratty in a school production of Toad of Toad Hall, and had reluctantly agreed to sing his first ever solo. He was nervous but found that on opening night he was left shocked by how much he enjoyed it.
This solidified his dream of working in showbiz and he made it happen. Cliff has been wowing fans on stage and screen since 1958 when he released his debut hit Livin’ Doll.