One of the founding members of UB40, Brian Travers has died at the age of 62.
His bandmates said they were "devastated" by the news about their comrade, brother, founding UB40 member and musical legend".
They said he had endured a "long and heroic battle with cancer".
He had surgery to remove two brain tumours in 2019 and reportedly had another operation earlier this year.
Travers was a key part of the UB40 line-up as a saxophone player, arranger and lyricist.
The group, from Birmingham, found success in 1980 with Food For Thought, their first UK top 10 single, before having hits with I Think It's Going to Rain Today, One in Ten and covers of Red Red Wine and I Got You Babe.
In total, they have recorded 39 UK top 40 singles and 28 top 40 albums, and sold 100 million albums worldwide.
[Source: BBC]
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