Elton John has lost his eyesight, remains "hopeful" that he will recover

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The West End debut of the Devil Wears Prada musical was music to Elton John‘s ears. But he has only been able to listen to the production. During the Sunday premiere, the musician revealed that the progression of a recent eye infection has resulted in a loss of sight.

“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,” John told the audience at London’s Dominion Theatre. “To my husband, who’s been my rock because I haven’t been able to come to many of the previews … It’s hard for me to see it, but I love to hear it, and it sounded good tonight.”.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elton-john-lost-sight-eye-infection-1235188849/

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Edited 4 hours ago by RudraCNG

[AnglerfishbraBENUS 5,553]

girl you couldn’t have picked a different title? lol you made it seem like he was effectively blind.  

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1 minute ago, AnglerfishbraBENUS said:

girl you couldn’t have picked a different title? lol you made it seem like he was effectively blind.  

TBF the article headline OP linked to is "Elton John Has Lost His Sight Following ‘Severe’ Eye Infection"
 

Everyone is reporting it this way...

• BBC headline is "Elton John unable to 'watch own musical' after eyesight loss"
• NME's headline is "Elton John expands on health status at public appearance: “I have lost my eyesight”"
• Billboard "Elton John Says He Could Hear ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Musical, But Couldn’t See Any Of It Because of Lost Eyesight"

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5 minutes ago, AnglerfishbraBENUS said:

girl you couldn’t have picked a different title? lol you made it seem like he was effectively blind.  

Oh, I'm so sorry, I just read that site and this one. Tbh, if a mod wants to close this thread I'm ok with it, I just realized that he posted that 3 months ago.

I'm so sorry y'all

[Just A Holy Fool 2,422]

Rolling Stone and their questionable headline for clicks obviously. Lost his eyesight implies blindness, but in effect, he has just lost most vision in just one eye. 

In any event, I hope he gets well soon. 

 

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1 hour ago, RudraCNG said:

Oh, I'm so sorry, I just read that site and this one. Tbh, if a mod wants to close this thread I'm ok with it, I just realized that he posted that 3 months ago.

I'm so sorry y'all

It isn't your fault  rollingstone is the one with the clickbaity headlines

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[Lucas 24,056]

I hope he recovers soon! I feel like vision is the worst sense to lose tbh.

[Bronco 5,824]

Hopefully he recovers as much as physically possible. Losing sight, especially given he's older and has hip issues affecting mobility is the quickest way to lose personal independence