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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Ria Pathak

Who Was Talay Riley? Grammy-Winning Songwriter Stabbed to Death in East London at 35

British-Nigerian singer and songwriter Talay Riley (Credit: Talay Riley's Instagram)

British-Nigerian singer and songwriter Talay Riley, whose work helped shape modern R&B and pop music, died aged 35 after a fatal stabbing in East London on 5 June.

Around 9:00 a.m., Metropolitan Police were called to Pankhurst Avenue in Silvertown, where Riley was found with stab wounds in the garden of a residential property. Despite emergency efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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