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Colin Vearncombe dies

By | Published on Wednesday 27 January 2016

Colin Vearncombe

Colin Vearncombe, aka Black, best known for his 1987 hit ‘Wonderful Life’, has died following a road traffic accident earlier this month. He was 53.

Vearncombe had been placed in an induced coma after sustaining a serious head injury in the crash, near Cork Airport, on 10 Jan. Although kept in a stable condition, scans revealed that his injuries were worse than initially feared and the musician passed away in the intensive treatment unit of Cork University Hospital yesterday.

His wife Camilla and three sons said in a statement: “Colin received the best possible care from the expert and highly professional staff [at the hospital] and we are deeply grateful for everything they did”.

The funeral is to be private, though details of a public memorial in Vearncombe’s home city of Liverpool are set to be announced in the coming days. Black’s final album, ‘Blind Faith’, was released last year.



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