Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A three-photo collage of Dave Ball and Marc Almond of Soft Cell. Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic ...

Half of electronic music duo responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 1980s has died. Dave Ball, a founding member of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died peacefully in his sleep in London ...

English electronic music producer and one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, Dave Ball, has passed away at 66 years old. He’s also known for being a part of the acid house act The Grid. Ball “passed ...

On Thursday, Oct. 23 PEOPLE confirmed news of his death, which was also shared by Soft Cell's lead vocalist Marc Almond Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Multi-instrumentalist David Ball, who scored a No. 1 hit with 1981’s “Tainted Love” as part of the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66 years old. According to a statement from his ...