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Sex Pistols icon John Lydon wept on stage on Thursday as he spoke about his beloved wife Nora Forster's final moments.
The punk rocker, 68, famously known as Johnny Rotten, lost Nora at the age of 80 after a two-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.
He has since been candid about his battle with grief and the star opened up about his late wife during his 45-date UK speaking tour called I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right.
According to The Mirror, John recalled the night she died by saying: 'She started a death rattle, like the breathing. It is very, very strange and uncomfortable to be around. I knew then that it was finally coming.
'She held my hand and said ‘Johnny’. And then in a heartbeat, the ambulance arrived, in minutes.
Sex Pistols icon John Lydon wept on stage on Thursday as he spoke about his beloved wife Nora Forster's final moments (pictured 2023)
The punk rocker, 68, famously known as Johnny Rotten, lost Nora at the age of 80 after a two-year battle with Alzheimer's disease (pictured 2011)
'They kept trying to revive her. Her heart would come back for a little bit and then stop again. And then the most painful question was, ‘Shall we stop now and let her rest in peace?’ I was like, ‘No f***ing way’.
'If I ever had to go through this all over again, I’d still say the same. You have to fight for life ’til the very last breath, it is worth it. The agony, whatever, take it all.
'Don’t give up on yourself or anybody else. I love my Nora.'
John met Nora at Vivienne Westwood’s famous King’s Road clothes shop Sex, in 1975.
The pair then got married in 1979 and John became her full-time carer after she was diagnosed in 2021.
John also showed fans a picture of her urn with flowers by the side of his bed during another event at the Theatre Royal in Brighton.
He said: 'Forgive me, the flowers are plastic. There is a reason why real flowers rot and that is the saddest vibe in the world. Plastic flowers go on forever.
'She loved colours but she’s going to have to wait for my ashes to join her.'
He has since been candid about his battle with grief and the star opened up about his late wife during his 45-date UK speaking tour called I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right (pictured 2017)
According to The Mirror, John recalled the night she died by saying: 'She started a death rattle, like the breathing. It is very, very strange and uncomfortable to be around. I knew then that it was finally coming
John also revealed that he has been drinking more since Nora passed.
He said: 'I might as well be [a woman] after all the brandy and whiskey I drank last year. I have actually got t*ts. My breasts are overflowing'
The star also touched on his impoverished upbringing in Holloway, North London, and growing up with little opportunity.
He added: 'When I was born, the doctor did not like me. He grabbed my ankles and held me like a turkey. I was nine pounds and some awkward ounces.'
It comes after last month John shed light on the loneliness he felt since his beloved wife Nora passed away last year.
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