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Lottie Gibbons

ITV The Voice's Tom Jones speaks about his wife's death leaving judges in tears

There was not a dry eye on The Voice tonight as Sir Tom Jones dedicated a moving performance to his late wife.

The singer was married to his wife Melinda Trenchard, known as Linda, for 59 years before she died aged 75 in 2016 with lung cancer. During tonight's show, he sang "I Won't Crumble With You If You Fall" taken from his latest album 'Surrounded By Time'.

Prior to his performance, Sir Tom explained how the song was "very important" for him. He said: "People that you love, sometimes they need to be backed up and you need to give them strength and encouragement so that's what this song means.

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