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Singer Terry Hall (the Specials, Fun Boy Three) dead at 63 [1]
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Date: 2022-12-20
Terry Hall, singer for the Specials and Fun Boy Three passed away on Sunday.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing, following a brief illness, of Terry, our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced,” read the statement. — Rolling Stone
Terry Hall, lead vocalist of British ska-punk band the Specials, has died at age 63. On Monday, the band released a statement on social media informing fans that the musician had died after a “brief illness,” though more details were not made available.
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On October 2, [Horace] Panter received a phone call from the band’s manager, Steve Blackwell, informing him that Hall had been diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas which had spread to his liver.
“This is serious. Like life-threatening serious. He has developed diabetes due to his pancreas being attacked. This has to be treated first, then it’s a regime of chemotherapy. There is nothing anyone can do. Everything is put on hold. Terry is emphatic that no-one be told about this. If anyone asks, he’s managing his diabetes,” Panter wrote.
By early December, Hall had “lost a lost of weight” and was “very frail”. Panter writes that Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds visited Hall in hospital, and informed Blackwell that he was worried Hall was “slipping away”. On December 15, Blackwell drove up to London to visit Hall. — NME
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