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John Farnham reveals his harrowing oral cancer battle has left him unable to sing or fully open his mouth: 'It's a very disconcerting thing'


John Farnham has opened up about his terrifying health battle, which has left him unable to fully open his mouth one year after being declared cancer-free.

The Australian singer, 75, was declared cancer-free one year ago and has shared details about the harrowing ordeal in his upcoming memoir, titled The Voice Inside. 'My facial disfigurement from the surgery means I can't open my mouth wide enough for a strip of spaghetti, let alone to sing,' John detailed in an extract published in the Sydney Morning Herald. The book, slated for release on October 30, documents Farnham's early life and stardom growing up in Melbourne in the 1960s, to his comeback 1986 album Whispering Jack.

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