Elton John, 72, opened up to Today about the time he nearly died from life-threatening complications following prostate surgery in 2017.
He also spoke about his relationship with Ryan White, an 18-year-old with hemophilia who contracted AIDs from a contaminated blood transfusion. White, who passed away in 1990, inspired John“When he died, being there in Indianapolis and coming back to the hotel complaining about the wallpaper, the décor in the room and thinking, ‘You are the most ungrateful little bastard,’” he said. “You complain about everything.
in 1992 and has raised billions of dollars for AIDs research, especially as the singer has lost many friends to the disease in addition to White. “I could have been one of them,” he said. “I was very lucky. I was blessed. And I always thought it was a reason that when I got sober, that I would give something back.”
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