Elton John, 77, says he has lost his eyesight

LONDON: Music legend Elton John told a theatre audience in London on Sunday he had lost his sight after struggling to recover from an eye infection earlier in the year. The 77-year-old "Tiny Dancer" star was in London's West End for the opening of "The Devil Wears Prada" musical, for which he wrote the score. In an emotional speech at the end of the show, he said the performance had sounded good, but he hadn't been able to watch it. "As some of you may know I have had issues and now I have lost my sight. I haven't been able to see the performance but I have enjoyed it," he said. "I love to hear it," he added, to rapturous applause.


John, who has sold over 300 million records over a six-decade career, said in a documentary that premiered in Sept that his health made him worry about the future. He said that month in an Instagram post that he was feeling positive about how his eye was healing after an infection in July. Two months later, he told ABC News he cold not see out of his right eye and his left was "not the greatest", meaning he could no longer read or watch anything.