Dave Ball, the electronic musician who founded influential synth-pop duo Soft Cell and ‘90s techno group The Grid, has died at the age of 66.
Representatives for the band confirmed that Ball passed away peacefully in his sleep at home in London on Wednesday 22 October. No cause of death has been given, but Ball had been suffering from a spate of ill health in recent years that had led him to perform in a wheelchair at recent gigs.
