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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel frontman, dies aged 73

A smiling Steve Harley
Steve Harley during a recording of a charity single for the Jo Cox Foundation in 2016. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Steve Harley, the frontman of the British rock group Cockney Rebel, has died aged 73.

The English singer and songwriter, best known for his 1975 song Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me), had been receiving treatment for cancer. He died at his Suffolk home on Sunday morning.

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