THE SPECIALS fans were left heartbroken when frontman Terry Halls died in late 2022.
The musician, from Coventry, had enjoyed a long career and was even hailed as being one of the pioneers of ska music in the UK.
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Who was Terry Hall?
Hall was a British singer and songwriter who passed away in December 2022.
Terry found fame as the lead singer of the band The Specials but the ska legend also sang in Fun Boy Three and released a number of solo albums.
The Specials were formed in Hall’s home city of Coventry in 1977, by Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter.
Hall, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers and John Bradbury then joined a year later.
The band were originally called The Automatics, before changing their name to The Coventry Automatics, The Specials AKA The Automatics and finally, in 1978, settling on The Specials.
Hall was open about suffering from depression, and traced this back to the horrific moment he was kidnapped as a child by a paedophile ring, transported to France and abused at the age of 12.
The star, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder as an adult, became addicted to Valium after being prescribed it by a doctor following the horrendous ordeal.
Who was Terry Hall’s wife?
Terry’s first wife was Jeanette Hall.
The couple welcomed two sons – Felix and Leo – during their marriage.
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Hall later married British music video director Lindy Heymann and they had one son together, called Orson.
Heymann’s work includes videos for Chase & Status, Imelda May, Keane and Take That.
What was Terry Hall’s cause of death?
When news of Terry’s death broke it was initially reported that he had passed away after a “short illness”.
It was later confirmed that he had been battling pancreatic cancer.
Hall’s bandmate Horace Panter revealed the news in an emotional message posted on Facebook, revealing that Terry had not wanted the public to know that he was ill.
Panter also said the band had only found out about Hall’s diagnosis two months before his death.
He said that in October 2022 The Specials’ manager, Steve Blackwell, called the group to say that Hall had been diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas which had spread to his liver.
He had also developed diabetes as a result of his pancreas being attacked, requiring treatment and chemotherapy.
What was Terry Hall’s net worth?
At the time of his death, Terry was estimated to have a net worth between $2million – $5million.
Hall is likely to have made this fortune mostly from his music.
As well as The Specials and his solo material, Terry also performed for bands The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas.
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