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Elton John ‘Refuses to Be Seen as Weak’ Amid Health Struggles, but ‘He Can Hardly Move Without Help’


After Elton John made a recent red carpet appearance in a custom golf cart, sources exclusively tell Closer it's because he 'refuses to be seen as weak.'

Sources exclusively tell Closer the beloved “Rocket Man” singer can barely walk and has resorted to desperate measures to keep his condition hidden. In a recent red carpet appearance, Elton, 77, stunned fans by arriving in a custom purple golf cart — a move insiders claim was to hide the pop icon’s increasing reliance on a wheelchair. Adding to the “Your Song” hitmaker’s growing list of struggles is a devastating infection that has left him nearly blind in one eye.

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