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Dave Ball Of Soft Cell Dies At 66 After Completing Final Album ‘Danceteria’

by Paul Cashmere

Soft Cell’s Dave Ball, a pioneer of British synth-pop and one half of the duo behind Tainted Love, has died at the age of 66, days after completing the band’s final album Danceteria.

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