The entertainer said on social media that it would “take some time” before sight returned to his eye.
Elton John said he was recuperating from a severe eye infection that limited his vision in one eye, but that he was optimistic about his recovery.
“Over the summer, I’ve been dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye,” the entertainer wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Tuesday. “I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.”
Thanking a team of nurses, doctors and family members who have cared for him, he added that he was “feeling positive about the progress I have made in my healing and recovery thus far.”
John, 77, has faced other medical challenges recently.
In January, he won an Emmy for outstanding variety special for his live streamed farewell concert at Dodger Stadium, making him the 19th person to secure an EGOT, or win all four prestigious entertainment awards: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. But he was not present at the ceremony because of a knee operation.
The “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour, billed as his last, stretched across 330 concert dates from its start in 2018 to 2023. Some of the tour dates were postponed while he underwent hip surgery after a fall and when he contracted the coronavirus.
He decided to stop touring to spend more time with his husband and children, who live in Britain, his representatives have said.
John, a longtime leader in gay rights activism, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden in 2022.
Source: Music - nytimes.com
