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Tom Jones reveals he was revived by grandmother at birth: ‘They thought I was stillborn'
Delilah hitmaker Sir Tom Jones, 79, has expressed his gratitude to his grandmother after she dunked him in water and spun him around to revive him when doctors feared he was stillborn.The Voice UK coach, who is being celebrated on BBC Radio 2 this weekend in honour of his 80th birthday, shared the dramatic story during a documentary titled Sir Tom’s Musical Years.The Welsh singer, who was born in Treforest, Pontypridd at the beginning of the 1940s, revealed his mother, Freda, was given some bad news by her midwife at the time of his birth.According to The Sun, Sir Tom said: “When I was born they thought I was stillborn because I didn’t make a sound.“The midwife said to my mother, ‘I am awfully sorry.