Tom Jones Obituary Pleasure

25-11-2008This Month 25th Nov 11:45

Veteran crooner Tom Jones the Delilah singer, 68 has mixed feelings about reading his own obituary - after he was killed off online last month (Oct08) by a sick Internet prankster.

Tom Jones, was fast asleep in his Los Angeles home when his daughter-in-law and manager Donna heard the seemingly tragic news, and she phoned in to check on his status.

Hours later, Jones sat for a TV interview with news broadcasters Cnn - and had a chance to read the obituary editors had prepared in case the death rumours were true.

But Jones admits he was rather proud of the achievements the article detailed.

He recalls, "It's a strange thing because there was a rumour going around about a month ago saying that I'd passed away. Somebody put it on the internet... and Fox news got a hold of it in Los Angeles and called my agent asking if I was all right. So my agent called my daughter-in-law, who is one of my managers, and my son, who is my other manager, was flying from London to L.A. so he was in the air.