News about Terry Hall

The Specials star Terry Hall has reportedly left his £1million estate to his family - after passing away age 63. He died in December 2022 following a secret battle with pancreatic cancer which spread to his liver. The singer and father-of-three, who pioneered the British ska scene, was receiving chemotherapy after the disease spread to his liver and he developed diabetes, however the treatment failed and he sadly died.

Kristine 'Kristi' Johnson was just 21 years old when a stranger approached her at Century City mall in Los Angeles and told her that he was looking for the next Bond girl. After transferring from Michigan to California with the intention of becoming a model and actress, she was able to pounce. The man, who appeared at the mall on February 15, 2003, said he could give her an audition and arranged a meeting in Hollywood Hills. Kristi's body will be discovered by hikers in a nearby ravine just over two weeks later. Now, her story will be featured on a new Dateline podcast titled Murder In The Hollywood Hills.

According to a statement issued by his record label Mute Records, the post-punk pioneer died in the early hours of Friday. He was described as a "dear friend" and a "creative power of nature" with a'sensitive disposition,' and his bandmates and fellow musicians have come to pay their respects to him.

The O2 Academy Glasgow crowd is up and down like maniacs at 11 p.m., and it's being greeted with a slew of maniacs. The audience is thronging at the stage where DJ Jo Whiley, clad in a silver minidress, is bouncing up and down with a unified enthusiasm as Pulp's 'Common People' rises. Jo Whiley's 90s nostalgia danceathons have become something of a thing. She has gone from provincial racecourse gigs to sold out stadiums and a new tour in less than a year. Whiley was in London for a photo shoot and interview, he met Tiffanie Darke. She and her husband, Kevin Burns, have been living in Northamptonshire for 31 years (and also her manager), as well as music director Steve Morton (inset). She arrived wearing armfuls of clothes for the shoot, notes on her phone of things she wants to say, and Prince Harry's Spare's audiobook playing in the car.

Jo Whiley has discussed refusing to grow old gracefully, saying: "I'll be wearing the same clothes in my 80s as I did in my 20s." The veteran DJ claims she was inspired by designer Vivienne Westwood and Terry Hall's refusal to slow down as they aged. The 57-year-old, pictured, tells The Mail on Sunday's You magazine: "That punk spirit never left them, and it's the same with our generation.'

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Tim Burgess of The Charlatans (pictured top left) and Ocean Colour Scene's Steve Cradock were among the musicians seen paying their respects at Terry Hall's funeral, which was held at the Golders Green Crematorium in northwest London on Tuesday. Since pancreatic cancer spread to his liver and he developed diabetes, the father-of-three (pictured inset) lost his battle with diabetes. He had been undergoing chemotherapy in the hopes of releasing new music, but the surgery was ineffective and he died on December 18 at the age of 63. On Tuesday, hundreds of mourners arrived on two red double-decker London buses (pictured bottom left). They were seen under umbrellas outside the crematorium before heading inside for the service (inset bottom).

Terry Hall (left and inset) was receiving chemotherapy after the pancreas tumors in his liver spread to his liver and he developed diabetes, but his disease did not resolve and he died on Sunday at the age of 63. In a Facebook post, Horace Panter, his bandmate, confessed to how he had wanted to keep his medical condition private while the group was planning to record a new reggae album in Los Angeles (left to right: Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, and Horace Panter). But the singer, who pioneered the British ska scene, became seriously sick just weeks before they were supposed to fly to the United States. The host shared the following information: 'Terry had the foundation for eight tunes.' Confidence was high. We were supposed to meet up with Nikolaj [Larsen, Specials keyboardist] and make magic. This was in September. Terry emails everyone that he's sick in bed with a stomach virus and can't do the first week of pre-production sessions. There's no big deal, we'll all be back a week. We are not scheduled to fly out until November 4th.' It was soon apparent that it was life-threatening, and Hall began chemotherapy right away, but he died weeks later.

Terry Hall (left and bottom with the Specials in 1979; inset with Fun Boy Three in 2012) gave a hint at the agony that had befallen him. Well Fancy That song from 1983 detailed how the singer was kidnapped and taken to France aged 12 by a school teacher who then assaulted him. Hall, a 63-year-old boy who died after a brief illness, told the world: You had a great time / Turned sex into crime.' He said he was assaulted by a 'paedophile ring' when speaking out about the ordeal in 2019. The singer, who is best known as The Frontman of The Specials, suffered with lifelong depression that led him to drop out of school at the age of 14 and become addicted to valium.

FEMAIL announces the careers of band members from Coventry's ska/punk band, Terry Hall, the lead singer of The Specials, died at the age of 63 after a brief illness. Although nearly every band member has worked in music for one way or another, one has embarked on a career in art and teaching for a decade, while another has worked with anti-apartheid causes. Pictured L-R (top row, in The Specials and bottom row, now): Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Jerry Dammers.

Terry Hall, the band's lead singer, died at the age of 63. The Specials' lead singer Terry Hall has died at the age of 63. The singer-songwriter came to fame in the late 1970s as a member of the band With hits including Ghost Town and Too Much Too Young, he was one of the earliest ska bands in the UK. In a tweet on social media following Terry Hall's death at the age of 63, the band paid tribute to him.