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Who was Terry Hall? The Specials and Fun Boy Three singer dies after brief illness aged 63

Terry Hall was a defining voice of the 1970s and 1980s with hits including A Message to You Rudy, Ghost Town and It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do It

Evening Standard

Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63

Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, has died. With its mix of Black and white members and Jamaica-influenced fashion style, the band became leaders of the anti-racist 2 Tone ska revival movement.

WEKU

Mancunian stars pay tribute to Terry Hall of The Specials

"One of the all time greats of British music"

Manchester Evening News

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Terry Hall, singer with ska band The Specials, dies aged 63

Terry Hall, lead singer of British ska band The Specials, whose often politically charged hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s included "Gangsters" and "Ghost Town", has died aged 63, his former band members said.

Reuters

The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies aged 63 after 'short illness', bandmates confirm

The late musician left The Specials in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three with fellow bandmates Neville Staples and Lynval Golding, bagging another string of hits.

Daily Record

The Specials’ Terry Hall remembered for ‘remarkable music and profound humanity’

The pioneering ska singer’s death was announced by the band on Monday.

The Independent UK

Terry Hall obituary

Singer with the Specials whose chart-topping Ghost Town evoked the sense of social collapse gripping Britain at the turn of the 80s

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The Special frontman's Terry Hall's difficult life: child abuse, suicide, and addiction

The Specials frontman Terry Hall went through a lot in his 63 years, including booze and drug addiction, child abuse, divorce and a suicide attempt

Daily Mirror

The Specials' Terry Hall remembered as 'talented and unique person' as tributes flood in following death

The ska pioneer has died aged 63

Wales Online

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The Guardian - AU

Neville Staple leads tributes to The Specials bandmate Terry Hall

‘This has hit me hard,’ Staple wrote on Twitter.

The Independent UK

Terry Hall, frontman for English ska-punk band the Specials, dies at 63

Terry Hall, frontman for the English ska-punk band the Specials, has died. He was 63.

Los Angeles Times

The Specials bandmate 'hit hard' by Terry Hall's death after confirming plans for 2023

Neville Staple has shared his sadness at the news his former bandmate Terry Hall has died at the age of 63 following a brief illness

Daily Mirror

Terry Hall death: Frank Turner and Boy George lead tributes to The Specials late frontman

‘The Specials were one of the most important bands for me as a kid,’ Turner tweeted

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Liverpool Echo

The Specials singer Terry Hall dies age 63 after 'brief illness'

The Specials announced the news of singer Terry Hall's death in an emotional tribute on their official Twitter page tonight

Manchester Evening News

The Specials' lead singer Terry Hall dies after 'brief illness' aged 63

"His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the joy, the pain, the humour, the fight for justice, but mostly the love"

Wales Online

Terry Hall of The Specials has died aged 63

'One of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced'

The Independent UK

Terry Hall death: The Specials lead singer dies, aged 63

Terry Hall, the lead singer of The Specials, has died aged 63, his bandmates have confirmed this evening.

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Daily Mirror

The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies age 63 after 'brief illness' as band pays tribute

Ska group The Specials announced the news of singer Terry Hall's death in an emotional tribute on their official Twitter page tonight

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm

As the pioneering 2 Tone band’s lead singer, Hall’s impassive style made him a star – and helped him weather the vicissitudes of fame, the changing charts and British decline

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

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