Slade's Noddy Holder given six months to live in private five year cancer battle
Noddy Holder secretly battled throat cancer and was diagnosed five years ago, his wife Suzan announced.
The Slade legend has been living with the condition for half a decade and has received a new trial round of chemotherapy which has helped him fight the disease. Despite the devastating diagnosis, Noddy who found fame with the song Merry Xmas Everyone has remained his upbeat self.
His wife said that his initial prognosis was far from good but he agreed, along with staff from The Christie Hospital in Manchester to take part in experimental treatment. But this had no guarantees of working. Thankfully, the star reacted positively to the treatment.
Over the course of the past five years, he has continued to work and earlier this year, played a gig in Dorset with fellow musician, Tom Seals. Sharing the heatingbreaking news, Suzan said: "Five years ago we were given the devastating news that he had oesophageal cancer and only had six months to live. I'm sorry if that comes as a bit of a shock; it came as a total bombshell to us too."
Suzan Holder, Noddy's wife shared the news (Andy Stenning)She went on to write for Great British Life: "We coped with it the only way we could, by hunkering down, sticking together and doing everything we could to survive it." At the time of his diagnosis, the family only told Noddy's immediate family and their closest friends. Despite this, his wife has refused to apologise to those they did not tell and said she only apologises to the people she did tell who were "forced to suffer pain".
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Five years on from his diagnosis, Noddy, 77, is happier than ever and is looking forward to continuing his career with performances across the country. Susan explained that while Noddy has currently been busy performing, he's only going to get busier.
Since the news went public, Noddy and his family have been inundated with support from fans. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one said: "Sending hugs & thinking of you all." A second penned: "So sorry to read about Noddy's cancer battle but so glad he is doing great and still able to continue doing what he loves."
"Sending so much love to you all - and that must have been a difficult piece to write... But I'm so pleased he's keeping on rockin'!!!! xx Legend," said another. While a fourth typed: "I was at the Lowry when Noddy told the audience of his recent cancer scare, you could tell by the emotion in his voice that he was grateful as he said due to the man upstairs and the excellent staff at the Christie that he was still with us."
Another commented: "Story close to our heart. Thank you for shining a light on this and thank goodness Noddy is ok and back singing."
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