Cliff: I’m Living, doll
Fan said: ‘I thought you were dead...’
Cliff Richard has been in showbiz for 60 years.
He probably thought he had seen it all, and had every experience possible.
So, in a way, it was probably quite a nice surprise for something new to happen to him.
Might have been a bit nicer, though, if that new thing wasn’t having to convince someone that he was still alive.
Cliff was recently on a… No, I can’t do it. Let’s say a “not winter vacation” with friends and they took him to their favourite restaurant.
“I saw this man on a table on the other side of the room,” Cliff reveals. “I saw him talking and you get used to it when people spot you. He looked up, pointed and talked again. He walked over to us. He said, ‘Hello, what is your name?’ So I said, ‘My name is Cliff Richard.’ He said: ‘No, he must be dead now.’”
Cliff told the story of his incredible resurrection at a gala dinner to honour his six-decade career. The event was hosted by The Variety Club and raised more than £120,000 for the charity.
As well as singing some of his greatest hits, the evergreen 78-yearold also showed how down to earth he is by having a little moan about how things are not as good now as they were in his day. “We come from a generation where you had to sell a million records to get a gold disc. “And just to underline how bad the situation is in our industry now, 100,000 gets you gold. People don’t seem to buy records anymore.” Still, at least it’s the music industry and not you who is RIP. Eh, Cliff ?