Member of legendary 80s pop group fears he has just ’10 years left to live’

Martin Kemp, the erstwhile bassist for Spandau Ballet, has shared his thoughts connected his ain mortality aft facing important health challenges, including encephalon tumours.

In a caller interrogation connected his lad Roman’s podcast FFS! My Dad is Martin Kemp, the 63-year-old instrumentalist and histrion answered a question astir however agelong helium expects to unrecorded by saying that helium thinks helium lone has ’10 years near to live.’

Kemp was diagnosed with 2 benign encephalon tumours arsenic a young man. In 1995, helium underwent country to region the tumours, and during the two-year play starring up to his operation, helium often thought helium wouldn’t marque it retired alive.

Recalling the affectional turmoil of that time, Kemp shared: ‘When I went done each of that encephalon tumour scare, I spent 2 years of my beingness reasoning I was going to die… each day, each year, each period that I’ve lived since past has been a bonus.’

He continued, explaining that his wellness issues person fixed him a consciousness of gratitude: ‘I was rather blessed with my lot’ helium said, adding that helium had already experienced truthful overmuch by the property of 34, considering himself fortunate to person lived specified a affluent life.

Born successful 1961, Kemp’s travel to fame began astatine a young age. Along with his member Gary, helium was portion of a caller question of young British actors, appearing successful classical tv shows similar Dixon of Dock Green and Jackanory.

But it was successful the precocious 1970s that his sanction became synonymous with the emergence of New Romantic music, erstwhile helium co-founded Spandau Ballet with his member Gary Kemp, Tony Hadley, Steve Norman, and John Keeble.

The set became a cornerstone of the era’s music, with hits similar True, Gold, and Only When You Leave.

Their 1984 publication to Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? besides cemented them successful the past of music.

Despite the group’s eventual divided successful the aboriginal 90s, their bequest arsenic 1 of the astir influential bands of the epoch lives on.

Beyond his philharmonic career, Kemp is besides good known for his acting, with possibly his astir celebrated relation being that of Steve Owen successful EastEnders from 1998 to 2002.

In caller years, Kemp has recovered a caller nationalist level alongside his lad Roman.

The brace person go a fan-favorite duo, starring successful tv shows similar Martin & Roman’s Sunday Best and Celebrity Gogglebox.

Kemp’s idiosyncratic beingness besides includes his agelong matrimony to Shirlie Holliman, whom helium wed successful 1988.

Holliman, a erstwhile backing vocalist for Wham! and fractional of the popular duo Pepsi & Shirlie, was besides a portion of the aforesaid philharmonic epoch arsenic her husband.

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