Singer known for hits You’ll Never Walk Alone and Ferry Cross The Mersey dies after short illness

Gerry Marsden, the lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers known for hits including You’ll Never Walk Alone and Ferry Cross The Mersey, has died at 78 after a short illness.

He shot to fame in the 1960s as the leader of the Merseybeat band at a time when Liverpool was the centre of the musical universe.

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