John Farnham's manager Gaynor Wheatley reveals the surprising reason why he finally decided to write a memoir

John Farnham 's beloved friend and manger Gaynor Wheatley revealed on Wednesday the surprising reason why he finally decided to write a book about his life.

The widow of John Farnham's long-term manager Glenn appeared on A Current Affair and revealed the You're The Voice hitmaker, 75, had rejected offers to write a book for years.

'I did not think he would write a book. There has been many offers over the years and he's absolutely rejected them for as long as I can remember,' Gaynor began.

However, she added that John had finally agreed to write his newly released memoir The Voice Inside, for a surprising reason.

'I think he has a story to tell now. He just felt it was his opportunity and his time now to say what he wanted to say.'

Gaynor was married to Glenn Wheatley from 1982 until his death in February 2022, and is one of the singer's most beloved friends.

Earlier this week, Gaynor opened up about whether the iconic Australian singer will ever perform again following a brutal mouth cancer battle.

The singer underwent extensive surgery in 2022 to remove a cancerous tumour from his mouth, including one 12-hour operation.

Gaynor Wheatley and documentary maker Poppy Stockell sat down with Waleed Aly on Monday's episode of The Project to talk about the singer's new memoir, The Voice Inside, and asked the question on everyone's lips, 'Is he going to sing publicly again?'

'He's a singer,' Gaynor replied.

'I know when he got back in the studio doing the audiobook, he was like, "I want to get back, I want to go back".'

'Whether he'll perform again, I don't know. But I'd certainly want to get him back in the studio.'

John's memoir The Voice Inside was released across Australia on Wednesday, October 30.

The book documents Farnham's early life and stardom growing up in Melbourne in the 1960s, to his comeback 1986 album Whispering Jack.

His voice was heard for the first time since the surgery earlier this month in an extract of Farnham narrating his new book.