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Marc Almond revealed in a statement honoring his Soft Cell band mate Dave Ball, who died Wednesday at the age of 66, that the group had just completed work on a new album shortly before Ball’s death.

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted ...

Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66. Marc Almond, Ball’s music partner and the other half of the ...

WASHINGTON — Dave Ball, one half of the English electronic music duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. Ball passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Oct. 22, according to an ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist in the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive worldwide hit with their 1981 cover of Gloria Jones’ song “Tainted Love,” has died, according to the BBC. No ...

Dave Ball-- one half of the 1980s New Wave pop group Soft Cell -- has died at age 66, according to the band's official website. Ball was the synthesizer-keyboardist and Marc Almond was the singer of ...

Soft Cell star Dave Ball, praised as a “wonderfully brilliant musical genius” by his bandmate Marc Almond, has died aged 66. Almond, 68, confirmed Ball’s death in a statement on Thursday, saying he ...

Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist half of the 1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The group hit the Top 10 in 1982 with their new wave cover of "Tainted Love," a 1964 song by ...

He was a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo. By Aimee Ortiz Dave Ball, a producer and half of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, whose 1981 single “Tainted Love” became ...