Soft Cell’s Dave Ball dead at 66, bandmate reveals: ‘Been ill for a long while’

Bogdan Hofbauer

Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died. He was 66. Marc Almond, Ball’s music partner and the other half of the synth-pop pair, announced the news in a Facebook post on Thursday. Almond, 68, revealed that the late instrumentalist died “peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday, Oct. 21. No cause of death was given. “As many of you are aware, Dave has been ill for a long while and his health had been in slow decline

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