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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dave Ball, left, with Marc Almond: they followed their era-defining debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981), with one of the ...

On Thursday, Oct. 23, PEOPLE confirmed the news of his death, which was shared by Soft Cell's lead vocalist Marc Almond on Instagram "As many of you are aware, Dave has been ill for a long while and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British music producer and instrumentalist Dave Ball, best known as one half of the pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ball, the co-founder of beloved English synth pop duo Soft Cell has died at 66. An Instagram post announcing the news noted ...

Dave Ball, 66, died from unknown causes on October 22, 2025. The musician was a part of Soft Cell with Marc Almond. The latter additionally confirmed the record producer’s death on Instagram. Both ...

Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who performed alongside Marc Almond in the influential synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died yesterday (October 22). The band’s publicist, Debbie ...

Dave Ball, one half of iconic synthpop duo Soft Cell, has died after a long illness. He was 66. The news was shared via his bandmate Marc Almond, who wrote a lengthy tribute: It is hard to write this, ...

Dave Ball, an electronic pioneer and one half of the trailblazing British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died. He was 66. Soft Cell lead vocalist Marc Almond shared the news Thursday, revealing that ...