<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: UTOM JONES: Ukuphila , kaSean Smith. HarperCollins 18.99 UTom Jones ube yinkanyezi yangempela yomhlaba wonke ingxenye yekhulu leminyaka. Bangaki abanye abantu abangakusho lokho? Ngokwalokho engikucabangayo, akubona abantu abaningi: uPaul McCartney, uMick Jagger, uBob Dylan, uClint Eastwood noHM The Queen. Futhi ngikholelwa ukuthi munye kuphela kubo, ohlala endlini enkulu kunoSir Tom. USir Tom Jones osesithombeni eLos Angeles ngo-1978 waba no - 1 wakhe wokuqala e - UK ngo - March 1965. KwakungoMashi 1965 lapho i-hit yakhe yokuqala, Its Not Unusual, yaya ku-No. 1 e-UK futhi yamenza waduma. Kuze kube yilolu suku, udumo lwakhe alukaze lonakaliswe futhi ithalenta lakhe alizange lifiphale. Enye ingqopha-mlando ebalulekile isondela ngoJune 7, lapho ezohlanganisa khona iminyaka engu-75 ubudala. Konke lokhu kumenza abe isihloko esiphelele sokubhala indaba ephathelene nokuphila kwakhe ebhalwe ngesembozo esiqinile. I-Smiths ayiyona eyokuqala - eqinisweni, iwumi nambili. Kodwa kungokokuqala eminyakeni ecishe ibe mibili, futhi kufanele kusigcine siqhubekile kuze kube sekwindla, lapho incwadi kaSir Tom ephathelene nokuphila kwakhe izokhishwa. Yini enye le ndoda enkulu eyokwazi ukuyidalula, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi cishe zonke izambulo ongazicabanga sezenziwe kakade? UTom esithombeni ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 washada nomkakhe uLinda ngo-1957 lapho bobabili beneminyaka engu-16 ubudala. Ngoba uSir Tom akazange aphile ukuphila okufihlekile ngokukhethekile. Nakuba eseshade noLinda, ozalwa uTrenchard, iminyaka engu-58, futhi ejabule kanjalo, uye wajabulela ukuphila kothando okunezithelo okungezona ezemfundo. Kodwa uma nje uLinda kungadingeki afunde ngakho ephephandabeni - masithembe ukuthi ngeke akufunde lokhu - uyavala amehlo. Akuyona nje indaba yokuba nekhekhe lakho futhi ulidle. Ukudla ikhekhe eliningi kunanoma ubani owake walidla futhi udle yonke imvuthuluka yalo. Yiqiniso, amathuba anjalo ayengeke avele ngaphandle kwaleli talenta. UJones wazalwa enesipho sezwi eliyigolide, futhi wazi kahle ukuthi kufanele enzeni ngalo. Lokhu kwabonakala lapho ehlasela okokuqala, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi akazange anyakaze. UTom Jones osesithombeni wazalwa uThomas Woodward kodwa wancengwa ukuba ashintshe igama lakhe ngumphathi wakhe uGordon Mills, owaphinde wancenga inkanyezi ukuthi ithuthele eLondon isuka eWales...  <response>: UTom Jones uhlanganisa iminyaka engama-75 kulo nyaka futhi ube yinkanyezi yomhlaba wonke isigamu sekhulu leminyaka. Ube semishadweni ejabulisayo nomkakhe uLinda iminyaka engu-58 edlule. Naphezu kwalokhu uye wajabulela ukuphila kothando okunezithelo. U-Elvis wayeqiniseka ukuthi uTom wayegqoke isokisi phambi kwamabhulukwe akhe. 