The sons of Australian music legend John Farnham have revealed their father has a “long road” to restoration after the elimination of a cancerous tumour.
It comes as an Australian-made documentary on his life, Finding the Voice, is about to premiere this Sunday.
Mr Farnham has endured a really non-public battle towards most cancers, with the 73-year-old hospitalised earlier this yr after he developed a chest an infection following a surgical procedure to take away a cancerous tumour in his mouth.
On Friday, Robert and James Farnham instructed Sunrise his father was “in recovery”.
“It’s a fairly long road, as cancer is, but he is doing well and we get to spend a lot of time with him and his spirits are up so that all we can ask for,” Robert mentioned.
The music legend’s sons revealed their dad has not but seen the Australian-made documentary about his life, Finding the Voice which premieres on Sunday.
“He’s pretty proud of it but he hasn’t seen it yet,” James Farnham mentioned.
“He doesn’t really like to listen or watch himself so it’s going to take a bit for him to watch it but he’s proud of the whole situation and very happy with it all.”
The sons added that they have been impressed with the manufacturing group’s efforts to indicate their father’s story in a “real and really raw way”.
“We got to see a rough cut of it and it was just phenomenal,” Robert mentioned.
“It wasn’t fluff, it was real and that’s what we loved about it,” James added.
The household launched a press release on Monday night sharing the news of his restoration and their appreciation for the medical workers who’ve handled him over the previous eight months.
“The family would like to reiterate their appreciation and deepest respect for all the medical staff that have attended to John over the past eight months,” the assertion learn.
They additionally thanked his followers for the “many thousands of kind messages” from throughout Australia and the world.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
