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Liverpool's Colin Vearncombe (aka Black) has
died
PROMOTER Manilla PR have informed us of the death of Colin
Vearncombe, who never regained consciousness following a road traffic accident
that he had earlier this month. Colin died peacefully, on Tuesday, 26 January
2016, surrounded by his family who were singing him on his way. His wife Camilla
and his 3 sons paid tribute to the staff at the Intensive Treatment Unit of Cork
University Hospital saying:- "Colin received the best possible care from
the expert and highly professional staff there and we are deeply grateful for
everything they did. The funeral will be a private one, but
we will be holding a memorial service for him in Liverpool in the near future as
we know there are many, many people who will want to celebrate Colin's life and
work. The date and time will be announced in due course, along with details of a
charity to which any donations in memory of Colin can be made." They
also added:- "No need to laugh or cry... It's a wonderful, wonderful
life..."
Colin Vearncombe enjoyed mainstream success in the late 1980's under the name
Black when 'Wonderful Life' became a massive hit worldwide. The
album of the same name, released in 1987, had similar success, reaping
commercial, critical acclaim and in the process selling over two million records
worldwide with Comedy (1988) and Black (1991). In 1991 he launch his owned
independent label Nero Schwarz. 15 albums followed in the intervening 25 years.
His most recent album:- 'Blind Faith', was funded by a popular
crowd funding campaign. Released in the summer of 2015 it received glowing
reviews across the press, including 4 stars in The Guardian and showed the
Liverpool born singer was back to his creative best. The Guardian said:-
"Blind Faith is an album by a man very much in control of his gifts."
You can see the video's to the double A single 'Womanly
Panther / When It's Over' from the album 'Blind Faith'
released last year at:- 'Womanly Panther' on
YouTube and 'When It's Over' on
YouTube.
In the past 3 years Vearncombe had made a successful return to touring, having
completed 5 headline tours in the UK as well as across Europe. His most recent
TV appearance was in November 2015 when he recorded a Catalan version of
Wonderful Life as a fundraiser for the Catalan telethon La Marató de TV3. His
recording has helped raise over seven million pounds for the charity. You
can see the performance on
YouTube.
Other interesting pages to visit are:-
ColinVearncombe.com his
Facebook page and his
Wikipedia listing.
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