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PUNK legend John Lydon is losing his sight and fears he will go completely blind.

The Sex Pistols star, 60, now wears glasses on stage “so I don’t fall off the edge”.

His sight was affected by a bout of meningitis in ­childhood.

He said: “My eyesight is going – it started from the meningitis but it’s getting worse.

“I can’t read anything. Even newspaper headlines are blurry.

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“If I lose my eyesight , I lose my life. I’d rather give up my ears than my eyes, which might sound unusual for a musician.

“If I couldn’t see the world around me that would be a terrific loss.

“If I lost my vision completely, that would be something I’d have to analyse in my mind.

“It’s gloomy but I can enjoy depression.”