Dave Ball, the production half of groundbreaking Eighties synth duo Soft Cell, best remembered for their 1981 New Wave classic cover of “Tainted Love,” died on Wednesday of natural causes. He was 66. ...

David Ball, the multi-instrumentalist half of the 1980s synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age of 66. The group hit the Top 10 in 1982 with their new wave cover of “Tainted Love,” a 1964 song by ...

David "Dave" Ball has died. The musician, who as one half of the duo Soft Cell helped make dark synth-pop mainstream, has passed away at the age of 66, as announced by his longtime bandmate Marc ...

David Ball, the co-founder of beloved English synth pop duo Soft Cell has died at 66. An Instagram post announcing the news noted that Ball passed on Wednesday (Oct. 22) in his sleep at his London ...

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 ...

David Ball, the pioneering instrumentalist of Soft Cell, died on Wednesday at age 66, according to a post on the band’s Instagram page and a tribute on its website. Ball, who teamed with singer Marc ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted ...

His family said he died peacefully in his sleep at his London home on Oct. 22, the BBC reported. No official cause of death was released, but Variety reported he had serious health complications after ...

Dave Ball, the instrumentalist in the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, who enjoyed a massive worldwide hit with their 1981 cover of Gloria Jones’ song “Tainted Love,” has died, according to the BBC. No ...