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Music fans are mourning the loss of Soft Cell artist Dave Ball. The musician died at the age of 66 on Oct. 22, 2025, following a long illness. Dave was an iconic artist whose cover of Gloria Jones's ...

It’s a Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, and the house lights glow warm in Stockbridge Hall’s Bowker Auditorium. On the stage are two armchairs and a stack of books. To the left, an electric guitar. The ...

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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 ...

LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — David James Ball, musician and one half of the pioneering electronic music duo Soft Cell, died on Wednesday, October 22. He was 66. According to a statement announcing his ...

English producer and electronic musician Dave Ball passed away at the age of 66 on October 22, 2025, at his home in London. Reports stated that the musician had been facing health issues for several ...

Outside of their time in the studio, Soft Cell continued to perform. They took the stage at the Rewind Festival in August. The duo also had a few concerts in North America. And during that time, Ball ...

A musician behind one of the biggest hits of the 1980s is dead at age 66. Dave Ball, one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died Wednesday, according to bandmate Marc Almond. The BBC reports Ball ...

British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known as one half of the pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. Ball, who had been battling health issues in recent years, ...