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John Farnham's wife Jill sets the record straight on the iconic singer's brutal mouth surgery and reveals if he will sing again


John Farnham's wife Jill has given a visceral health update on the Australian music legend, detailing the 12-hour long mouth surgery he underwent to fight cancer.

John Farnham's wife Jill (left) has given a visceral health update on the Australian music legend, 75, (right) detailing the 12-hour long mouth surgery he underwent to fight cancer Farnham's manager Gaynor Wheatley and documentary maker Poppy Stockell sat down with Waleed Aly on Monday's episode of The Project to talk about the singer's new memoir, The Voice Inside, and asked the question on everyone's lips: 'Is he going to sing publicly again?' 'My facial disfigurement from the surgery means I can't open my mouth wide enough for a strip of spaghetti, let alone to sing,' Farnham detailed in an extract published in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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