Bob Hawke predicted his own death: ‘I’ve sung my last song’
Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke accurately predicted his own death during a recent prescient interview.
MAY 17, 20199:08AM
Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke accurately predicted his own death, saying he’d “had (his) time” and wasn’t sure if he’d still be around for the 2019 federal election.
Mr Hawke, who served as Australia’s prime minister from 1983-1991 and led Labor to four consecutive election victories, died aged 89 on Thursday.
In a December 2018 interview with The Courier Mail, Mr Hawke said he wasn’t sure if he’d still be alive to witness the outcome of the next federal election, to go ahead tomorrow.
“I’ve had my time, just stick around for a little while,” he said when asked what his plans were for the new year.
“It’s (health) been terrible.”
Speaking to the newspaper at Queensland’s popular Woodford Folk Festival, which he visited each year with his wife Blanche d’Alpuget, Mr Hawke said he wouldn’t deliver a speech at the event.
“I’ve sung my last song or last verse of Waltzing Matilda,” he said.
“That’s been done.”
Mr Hawke’s comments came just a few months after he was rushed to the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney with a case of “the wobbles”.
In May last year, Labor MP Chris Bowen told reporters in Canberra Mr Hawke had been admitted to hospital for a “relatively minor incident”.
“(In) what’s been called ‘the wobbles’, which I imagine when you’re 88 is something which would concern you,” Mr Bowen said.
“Most importantly, the entire Labor family, everyone in this building, wishes Bob the best.”
Bob Hawke backstage at Woodford Folk Festival on December 28, 2018. Picture: AAP/Megan Slade.Source:News Corp Australia
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