{"id":898428,"date":"2026-09-20T02:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898428\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T02:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:34:10","slug":"john-farnhams-health-deteriorates-singer-unable-to-attend-melbourne-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/898428\/","title":{"rendered":"John Farnham\u2019s health deteriorates, singer unable to attend Melbourne tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">The statement said Farnham was \u201cdeeply moved\u201d by the tribute concert and public concern. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf things were different, John would have loved nothing more than to attend the concert. He would undoubtedly have been a little overwhelmed by all the fuss, but he would also have wanted to thank everyone involved in person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs a family, we have decided that it is best for John to remain at home, where he can be safe and comfortable,\u201d read the family\u2019s statement from wife Jill and sons Robert and James.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"John Farnham struggled with depression and poverty. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>John Farnham struggled with depression and poverty. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">Farnham\u2019s career took off in 1967 with his hit Sadie the Cleaning Lady. He joined Little River Band in 1982 before finding further solo success in 1986 with Whispering Jack \u2013 which included the smash hit You\u2019re the Voice. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vhKyQPSbfZ\" style=\"display:none\">The Melbourne tribute will feature artists such as Keith Urban, Richard Marx, Jimmy Barnes, Vanessa Amorosi and Robert Farnham, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The statement said Farnham was \u201cdeeply moved\u201d by the tribute concert and public concern. \u201cIf things were different,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[25235,72337,64,63,81,447,467081,467079,134,2582,466134,467078,5587,137,164282,5585,647,9051,90457,53645,25758,319,9119,467080],"class_list":["post-898428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-according","tag-attend","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian","tag-celebrities","tag-deteriorated","tag-deteriorates","tag-entertainment","tag-family","tag-farnham","tag-farnhams","tag-from","tag-health","tag-iconic","tag-john","tag-melbourne","tag-months","tag-recent","tag-singer","tag-statement","tag-to","tag-tribute","tag-unable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}