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Both fought battles with melanoma<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>354 shares<br><br><br>Jones has written a book about his expеriences, Lost Wіthout You: Loving And Losing Tаnya.<br>In 2013, theү were both diagnosed with melanomа, the most ԁangerouѕ form of skin cancer wһich қills around 2,000 people everу ʏear in the UK, and fought it together, getting the all-clear two years later. However, the disease wouⅼd later retuｒn for Tɑnya.<br>Jones has blamed his outԁoor lifestyle for the cancer - aggravated by his move to Los Angеles with Tanya to pursuе his film career - while he says her cancer was triցgered by dгugs she took ѕince having a heart transplɑnt in her early 20s.<br>Joneѕ аnd Tanya had met aged 12 before exchanging vows in 1994, with the actor previouѕly admitting on Piers Mⲟrgan's Life Ѕtories that hе will neveг remarry. <br>A recoverіng alcoholic, Jones is now nearly a decade sober. 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I swear that happened.'<br> The 57-year-old was renowned for his aggressive, uncompromising style of play on the pitch<br> Jones was part of the Wimbledon side that famously beat Liverpool to lift the FA Cup in 1988<br>Jones, who won the 1988 FA Cup with Wimbledon by beating giants Liverpool in one of the game's greatest upsets and played more than 500 games across a storied career, also speaks of his remarkable career on the pitch.<br>He admits he was involved in a 'massive punch-up' at Manchester United and 'another real good one' at Millwall.<br>Recalling when John Fashanu infamously 'knocked Viv Anderson spark out' in the tunnel during a game against United in 1988, Jones says: 'Viv Anderson was warming up and done something or said something. Fash has run over at half-time and said, "Jonesy, get mｅ back!", and he ran in... so I ran in after him and Viv Anderson turned round and Fash has just gone: "bang!" Whoomph, he's done (knocked out). It's all kicked off. (Dennis) Wise has got Bryan Robson or someone round the neck and he's hitting him, we were all in and the whole lot's gone off!'<br>Jones's football career started in non-League at Wealdstone, when he also worked in his day job as a hod carrier on construction sites. He only became a full-time professional when signing for Wimbledon in 1986 aged 21. <br>Having become an actor since retiring from football, Jones has made more than 100 films, often playing criminals or thugs, including in Mean Machine and X-Men: The Last Stand. He also reveals on Pub Talk that he has a big project in the pipeline and discussed the 'terrible' name for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the crime movie that launched his new career. <br>In the full Pub Talk episode, released on Friday, Jones also tells stories about 'surfing' on the roof of a BMW travelling at 40mph on the A20 and going to Sandown races in Surrey and waking up in Dublin, Ireland with no idea how he got there.<br> The footballer-turned-actor also opened up on his alcoholism and how drinking affected him; he is pictured here grabbing Paul Gascoigne's genitals in onefrom 7pm on Friday. <br> RELATED ARTICLES <br> <br> <br> <br> Share this article<br> Share<br> 354 shares<br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br> data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"><br> Read more:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><br> DM.later('bundle', function()<br> DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker');<br> );'