Sir Elton John has spoken openly about his fear of death, saying “I don’t know how much time I have left” in a new documentary about his life.

The 77-year-old Rocketman singer also admitted that his young children are concerned about his age.

Elton John: Never Too Late was screened at a special gala performance at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the London Film Festival (LFF) on Thursday, and shows his decades-long career.

Directed by American filmmaker RJ Cutler and Sir Elton’s husband David Furnish, the project includes never-before-seen footage and conversations with the artist’s songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, as well as Dua Lipa and the late John Lennon.

Lord Elton completed his touring career last yearwith his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

He has battled several health issues over the years, including knee and hip replacements, surgery for prostate cancer, and recently revealed that he has. limited vision in one eye after a serious eye infection.

Footage in the film shows him preparing for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, after performing two sold-out concerts at the venue in 1975.

Sir Elton, 77, said: “I wonder what will happen to all these things when I’m done? This is the last time of my life. I don’t know how much time I have left.

“And you think about that more when you get to my age. You think about life and death. You think, well, I just want to be where I want to be right now.”

“I don’t have to work after this tour. I’m going to work on making records and putting together radio shows and other things, but traveling takes so much out of you.

“It’s very tiring. I’m used to it and I’m a veteran of it… but this is where you start thinking about mortality.”

‘They’re worried about my mortality’

He also says in the film that his two sons Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11, are “thinking about his mortality.”

He explains, “They worry about my mortality because they know how old I am. Not so much David, but me, they love their dad so they want me to be there forever.

“I would like to be there forever. I want them to have kids and get married, but I don’t think I’ll be around for that, who knows, you never know.

“So that’s why I want to make the most of my time while I’m there… time together is so wonderful and so precious.”

Sir Elton told the LFF audience that the contrast between his last performance and his shows in the same stadium almost 50 years later was stark.

He said: “I’m coming off stage for the last time in America, and back into Dodger Stadium, where I have the best life. No sadness, just happiness, family, kids, husband, friends, down to earth. It was a great experience.” difference.

“And it’s shown in two parts: what can happen to people who don’t really… I wasn’t prepared for the success that I had, I loved it, but the back end of it, or the bad side of it, was that all I had was music, and there was nothing else and no basis whatsoever.

“So they captured it brilliantly, and I didn’t really have much to do with it. I let them get on with it.”

In 2019, Taron Egerton starred in Rocketman, a film about Sir Elton’s early life, depicting his childhood up to the 1980s. The film earned Sir Elton his second Oscar for best original song.

Known for hits such as I’m Still Standing, Candle In The Wind and Your Song, he became a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor in 2021.

Elton John: Never Too Late premieres on Disney Plus on December 13.