{"id":181614,"date":"2025-07-19T06:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/sir-cliff-richard-i-could-be-dead-next-year\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T06:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:21:07","slug":"sir-cliff-richard-i-could-be-dead-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/sir-cliff-richard-i-could-be-dead-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Cliff Richard: &#8216;I could be dead next year&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-07-19\" datetime=\"1752906067\" pubdate=\"\">19 July 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/sir-cliff-richard\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,sir-cliff-richard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir Cliff Richard<\/a> says he could be dead next year.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Sir Cliff Richard: &#8216;I could be dead next year&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The 85-year-old singer admitted he isn\u2019t sure if he will be retiring after his upcoming Can\u2019t Stop Me Now tour, insisting he has no idea what the future has in store for him.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Mirror, he told New Zealand radio station Coast: \u201cI&#8217;m sure the audience will see that we &#8211; the big band and I &#8211; are friends and almost a family when we&#8217;re on tour. So, we&#8217;ll try and do something that will make it look as though I&#8217;m 18! But I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be an 85-year-old guy trying to be 18. The thing I would have to give up probably at some time is touring. It&#8217;s very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI might be dead the next year! So, I don&#8217;t even think about it anymore. It\u2019s one of those things. As I get older maybe I&#8217;ll become less able to perform, so I can&#8217;t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nCliff previously insisted he will never retire as the word is not \u201cin his vocabulary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told The Mirror: \u201cI don\u2019t know if I ever want to retire. I don\u2019t mind stopping.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cStopping would mean that I could absolutely change my mind any time I wanted to, or phone my office and say, \u2018Can you get us a couple of nights at the Royal Albert Hall?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo, retiring is not in my vocabulary, but stopping is good for me \u2013 I can work whenever I want to, if I want to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/sir-cliff-richard-dead-next-year-1422250.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 July 2025 Sir Cliff Richard says he could be dead next year. Sir Cliff Richard: &#8216;I could be dead next year&#8217; The 85-year-old singer admitted he isn\u2019t sure if he will be retiring after his upcoming Can\u2019t Stop Me Now tour, insisting he has no idea what the future has in store for him. 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