Elton John's health battles in full as he declares he 'hasn't got long left'

Sir Elton John has opened up about his health struggles and the fear he feels for his future with his family. On an emotional episode of BBC's The Graham Norton Show, which aired on Friday night, the music icon was there with his musical partner Brandi Carlile to chat about their new single 'Who Believes In Angels?', set to drop on April 4, reports the Mirror.The 77 year old shared a touching moment when he revealed that working on the new song forced him to face his own mortality. "Bernie Taupin (Elton's lyricist) gave me a lyric for a song called, 'When This Whole World Is Done With Me', and I'm writing the verse (music) quite quickly, and I think this is a really lovely verse," Elton said while sitting with Graham.

Read More Related Articles Elton John shares heartbreaking admission - 'I don't think I'll see my children marry' He went on: "And then I get to the chorus, and I find that it's about my death, my demise.

And as a 76 year old man, which I was at that time, and having children and having a husband, mortality, and you think about, 'How long have I got?

How long? I hope I've got, much longer than maybe I've got.' "And so by the time I got to the chorus and suddenly realised that I started singing it (and) I lost it for 45 minutes.