Garry Bushell caught up with Humperdinck in September, in which the King of Romance expressed his tenacity to keep singing until his final day.

The star, whose real name is Arnold Dorsey, tragically lost his wife Patricia in February and says he copes with the grief “by just singing ‘cos that’s what she’d want me to do.”

He added: “It’s not been a very pleasant time. My darling wife passed away, she got the virus and it left her with other problems, it affected her heart and she suffered a cardiac arrest.”

Having suffered through long Covid himself, the 85-year-old kicked off his now postponed UK tour on October 31, which at the time he was very enthusiastic for.