I knew Nora was going ..but I was like, no way

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- TOM BRYANT

SEX Pistol John Lydon wept on stage while speaking about his beloved wife Nora's final moments.

The punk star, 68, was opening his 45-date UK speaking tour called I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right.

Lydon, known as Johnny Rotten, lost Nora, 80, last year after a two-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Recalling the night she died, he said: "She started a death rattle, like the breathing. It is very, very strange and uncomfortable to be around. I knew then that it was finally coming. She held my hand and said 'Johnny'.

"And then in a heartbeat, the ambulance arrived, in minutes.