World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury sang a duet with a 99-year-old veteran of the D-Day landings while on a surprise visit in Morecambe.
Fury stopped by at the Armed Forces Veterans' Coffee Morning at Morecambe Football Club where he met Norman James Earp Smith.
The WBC Heavyweight Champion and the Second World War hero then launched into an impromptu sing-song!
"I hear you like a little bit of Frank Sinatra," said 'The Gypsy King' to Mr Smith, while sitting beside him in JB's Bar at the club.
When Norman said he liked singing 'My Way', Fury said: "Go on, let's hear it!" and the two men sang together.
"He's unbelievable!" said the boxing champion, who is renowned for singing in the ring after his big fights.
Norman celebrates his 100th birthday in May.
Here is our video clip of Tyson Fury and Norman Smith singing their duet.
Tyson had been asked along to the Morecambe FC Community Sports event after bumping into Army veteran Jay McMahon while both were training at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.
"We were in the gym and I was talking to Tyson about being in the Forces," said Mr McMahon, who is from Morecambe.
"He and his trainer Kristian said that they wanted to do something to support the veterans. So I invited him along to a coffee morning."
Jay is pictured below with Tyson outside the football stadium on Wednesday.
The Morecambe FC coffee mornings are held each month at the football club, and attended by Armed Forces veterans from across the local area.
They were delighted when the world heavyweight champion, his dad John and son Prince popped in to say hello on Wednesday morning.
"Tyson being here helps to raise the profile massively," said Stuart Glover from Morecambe FC Community Sports (pictured below with colleague Gary Heys and Fury).
"You can see the smiles he's put on the veterans' faces, and the duet with Norman was the icing on the cake!"
Fury will soon be heading off to Saudi Arabia ahead of his undisputed heavyweight boxing championship fight with Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday May 18.
So the 6ft9in fighter politely declined the offer of a bacon butty while at the coffee morning, saying he was on a strict diet ahead of the big fight!
The champ's visit capped off an amazing 24 hours for Morecambe FC Community Sports Veterans' Project.
The project, which aims to reduce isolation of Armed Forces veterans, won the EFL (English Football League) Community Project of the Season in League Two, at the EFL Community Awards 2024, held at the House of Commons in London on Tuesday.
Read more: Morecambe FC captain and Armed Forces veterans project win at EFL Community Awards - Beyond Radio
PHOTOS: Popular Morecambe pub reopens after £400,000 revamp into craft ale bar
Morecambe FC confirm late payment of wages
Lancaster MP welcomes government funding for Supa Skips clean up
Fundraiser launched to save Morecambe's longest-running music festival as grant row rumbles on
Man seriously injured after being struck by van on M6 near Lancaster
Furry fundraisers' annual dog walk gives Morecambe charity a £3150 boost
Ceremony to mark 80 years since WW2 airman died after plane crash near Heysham
£1m cannabis factory discovered during police raid in Morecambe
New £250,000 extension at Carnforth swimming pool gets official opening
PHOTOS and INTERVIEWS: Exciting new look inside Eden Project Morecambe revealed at Winter Gardens event
Jackknifed lorry causes M6 travel chaos between Carnforth and Kendal
Council considers £2m bid to bring vacant Morecambe building back to life
Woman dies after falling from motorway bridge near Lancaster
Incredible find 'reunites' Morecambe football hero with winner's medal 50 years after Wembley win
Morecambe rock band to headline tribute concert for Hairy Bikers star
Lancaster nurse whose husband was captured by Taliban hopes to inspire students
Wray Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend
Police bust ‘sophisticated cannabis cultivation’ operation in empty Morecambe town centre building
Beacon lighting and wartime songs in Morecambe to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
INTERVIEW: Eden Project Morecambe chief expects full funding package by summer and spade in ground by autumn/winter
