Noddy Holder looked in good spirits as he stepped out in Manchester on Thursday with his wife Suzan Price amid his health battle.
The musician, 77, was seen leaving the BBC Breakfast studios after being given six months to live five years ago amid his throat cancer battle.
He was first diagnosed with the disease five years ago, announcing the news in October last year after keeping it a secret.
He underwent a groundbreaking new form of chemotherapy at a hospital in Manchester which has helped keep him alive.
The lead vocalist of the rock band Slade stepped out in a dark grey coat, red scarf and quirky shoes, while Suzan looked stylish in a leopard print fur coat.
Earlier this week he gave a fresh health update as he told how doctors are still ‘keeping a check on me’ five years after the diagnosis.
Noddy Holder looked in good spirits as he stepped out in Manchester on Thursday with his wife Suzan Price amid his health battle
The musician, 77, was seen leaving the BBC Breakfast studios after being given six months to live five years ago amid his throat cancer battle
He told Sky News: ‘I did have oesophageal cancer and that was five years ago and, at the moment, they’re still keeping a check on me.
‘I’m on a level playing field at the moment after at the time being diagnosed with six months to live.
‘So I’ve lasted the course, as it were.’
Last December he shared another update as he spoke on Radio 2.
Noddy explained at the time: ‘It was touch and go. I lost all my hair. My weight was down to about eight stone. So every cloud.
‘I’ve just had a scan last week and everything’s on an even keel at the moment, so I hope it carries on that way.’
Joking, he added: ‘I’m fit, fit, fit… but I’m fit for nothing.’
That October, his wife Suzan Price, 57, detailed Noddy’s secret health battle in an emotional piece written for Great British Life.
Suzan wrote: ‘Five years ago we were given the devastating news that he had oesophageal cancer and only had six months to live.
The lead vocalist of the rock band Slade stepped out in a dark grey coat, red scarf and quirky shoes, while Suzan looked stylish in a leopard print fur coat
Slade’s biggest hit was Merry Christmas Everybody in 1973, with its memorable chorus: ‘So here it is, Merry Christmas/Everybody’s having fun’ (Noddy seen in 1972)
‘I’m sorry if that comes as a bit of a shock; it came as a total bombshell to us too. We coped with it the only way we could, by hunkering down, sticking together and doing everything we could to survive it.
‘We told only immediate close family and friends and I will never apologise to those we did not confide in, only to those who were forced to suffer pain and anguish alongside us as we attempted to navigate our way through this new and horrifying world.’
Suzan married Noddy in 2004 – they have a son called Django. Noddy married dress designer Leandra Russell in 1976 and they had two daughters, Jessica and Charisse. They divorced in 1984.
Suzan said at the time that the Merry Xmas Everybody singer has managed to keep a positive outlook despite his health woes.
He received treatment at The Christie Hospital in Manchester and underwent a groundbreaking new form of chemotherapy which has helped keep him alive.
Last October, his wife Suzan, 57, detailed Noddy’s secret health battle in an emotional piece written for Great British Life
Suzan wrote: ‘There were no guarantees, no one knew if it would have any effect, let alone work miracles, but he responded well. As anyone who has received a cancer diagnosis will know, the experts never like to use the word “cure”, but here we are five years later and he’s feeling good and looking great.’
Slade earned themselves six UK Number One singles during their 25-year career.
Their biggest hit was Merry Christmas Everybody in 1973, with its memorable chorus: ‘So here it is, Merry Christmas/Everybody’s having fun.
The song is reported to bring in £500,000 in royalties alone each year.
