Tom Jones

Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in the village of Treforest, near Pontypridd in Wales.

At 12, Tom was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and had to spend the next two years in bed recovering. He described it as the worst time of his life.

He married his high school sweetheart, Linda Trenchard, in March 1957, when they were both 16 and expecting a child together. They remained married for 59 years, until her death in 2016.