Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, right, with Marc Almond of Soft Cell in London in 1981. (Fin Costello / Redferns) David Ball of Soft Cell, whose ...

Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball has died. He was 66. On Thursday, Oct. 23, PEOPLE confirmed the news of his death, which was shared by lead vocalist Marc Almond on Instagram. According to a statement ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond announced ...

Dave Ball, one half of iconic synthpop duo Soft Cell, has died after a long illness. He was 66. The news was shared via his bandmate Marc Almond, who wrote a lengthy tribute: It is hard to write this, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marc Almond revealed in a statement honoring his Soft Cell band mate Dave Ball, who died Wednesday at the age of 66, that the ...

Soft Cell's Dave Ball has died at the age of 66 - just weeks after completing a new album. Ball's representative confirmed he had "passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home" on Wednesday ...

"Thank you, Dave, for being an immense part of my life and for the music you gave me," Soft Cell singer Marc Almond wrote in a tribute. "I wouldn't be where I am without you." Mekishana Pierre is a ...

Soft Cell are reissuing their groundbreaking 1982 remix album Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing on June 20. The reissue features the original album remastered and the original extended versions of “Torch” and ...

1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell will re-release their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, on October 20 through Mercury-EMI/UMR. The group is perhaps most known for their hit cover of “Tainted Love,” ...

Dave Ball, one half of the pioneering synthpop duo Soft Cell, has passed away. Soft Cell's Instagram account confirms that Ball died peacefully at home in London on Wednesday. No cause of death has ...