“So sad to say that my mother passed away this morning,” he said on his Facebook page, alongside a photo of them together.

“I only saw her last Monday and I am in shock. Travel safe, mum. Thank you for everything.”

Sir Elton, who was born Reginald Dwight, was an only child.

Although his father – a flight lieutenant in the RAF – was a trumpeter in his spare time, it was his mother who ignited his love of pop music.

An avid record collector, she brought home music by artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and supported Sir Elton throughout his career.

Petty argument

But they fell out over a “petty” argument in 2008, when Sir Elton asked her to sever ties with two old friends, Bob Halley and John Reid.

Mr Halley had worked for Sir Elton for three decades, first as a driver then later as a personal assistant, before he resigned as part of a series of changes Sir Elton was making to his team.

Mr Reid, who had been Sir Elton’s manager and briefly his lover, helped the musician become one of the world’s most famous – and richest – performers, but they too fell out.

I told him: ‘I’m not about to do that and drop them,'” Ms Farebrother told the Daily Mail.

“Then to my utter amazement, he told me he hated me. And he then banged the phone down. Imagine! To me, his mother!”

Ms Farebrother told the newspaper at the time that she had never met her grandsons Zachary and Elijah, who Sir Elton and his partner David Furnish fathered through IVF with an American surrogate mother.

For her 90th birthday, Ms Farebrother hired an Elton John tribute act to perform.

Her son got in touch soon after, sending her white orchids to celebrate the milestone.

But their relationship was still strained. Sir Elton told Rolling Stone that his mother had not called him to say thank you after the bouquet arrived.

“To be honest with you, I don’t miss her,” he said. “I look after her, but I don’t want her in my life.”

However, the pair appear to have fully reconciled this year, after Sir Elton recovered from a potentially fatal bacterial infection.

“Dear Mum, Happy Mother’s Day!” he wrote on Instagram in February. “So happy we are back in touch. Love, Elton xo”

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The singer became violently ill at the end of a tour of South America last week, requiring him to return to the UK for urgent treatment.

Nine concerts that were due to be staged in Las Vegas and California over the next two weeks have been cancelled.

Sir Elton is now resting at home.

A statement by his management said infections of the kind suffered by the star were “rare and potentially deadly”. It gave no details

“Thankfully, Elton’s medical team identified this quickly and treated it successfully. He is expected to make a full and complete recovery,” it added.

Sir Elton is due to resume his schedule of live performances in the UK on 3 June.

“I am so fortunate to have the most incredible and loyal fans and apologise for disappointing them. I am extremely grateful to the medical team for their excellence in looking after me so well,” the star said.

His Million Dollar Piano tour is due to end its run in May 2018.

The career of Sir Elton spans five decades and has been littered with accolades, hit singles and world records.

The 70-year-old singer has sold more than 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time.

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The singers raked in $4.2 million after a Russian billionaire, Valery Kogan, footed the bill for his granddaughter’s wedding over the weekend in London. The astonishing 9 hour reception at The Landmark hotel featured Mimi dedicating “We Belong Together” to the new couple.

The bride — 19 year old Irene Kogan — and her hubby requested Mariah’s appearance. She was flown in from the U.S.

Sir Elton John kicked things off with an impressive 12 song set.  And listen to Mariah … she sounds fantastic.

Antonio Banderas also was there.

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