Tom Jones still struggling with wife’s death

Singer Tom Jones says he is still struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife, Linda.

“I hear her voice. I see her a lot at night. When I dream that she’s still here and then I wake up and she’s not, that’s the hardest,” said Jones, 76.

Jones was married to Linda for 59 years.

Linda — whose real name was Melinda Rose Woodward — died aged 75 from lung cancer in Los Angeles six months ago.

Asked if he would consider finding love again, Jones said: “I haven’t even thought about that — I really haven’t. It was a devastating thing because we found out she had lung cancer — she didn’t know. She had emphysema, you see, then all of a sudden, boom. I was on tour at the time and I came home and they didn’t know how long we had.”

“It’s still hard. I didn’t know whether I’d be able to get up on stage and be emotional with songs, especially songs that she liked. But I can be and it’s lifted me up and she’s there,” he added.