"Almond announced his musical partner's death on Facebook Thursday. It is hard to write this, let alone process it, but it is with the greatest sadness that the other half of Soft Cell, the wonderful brilliant musical genius David Ball, died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday night, Almond said. The singer said Ball had been ill for a while and seen his health decline in recent years, but gave no cause of death."
"The British pop duo Soft Cell aka Marc Almond and David Ball are bringing their Non-Stop Erotic Cafe anniversary tour to the Masonic in San Francisco Aug. 26. (Andrew Whitton/Soft Cell) The singer said Ball had been ill for a while and seen his health decline in recent years, but gave no cause of death. Classic Pop magazine reported that Ball suffered a broken back after falling down the stairs of his London home in 2022."
David Ball died peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday night at age 66. Marc Almond announced Ball's death on Facebook and described Ball as a brilliant musical genius. Ball had been ill for a while and his health declined in recent years; no cause of death was given. Classic Pop magazine reported that Ball suffered a broken back after a 2022 fall down the stairs of his London home. Ball constituted one half of the British synth-pop duo Soft Cell, which achieved widespread fame with the 1981 hit "Tainted Love" and continued touring into 2025.
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