Specials bassist Horace Panter recounted Hall’s diagnosis and final months – and their plans to record a new album
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The Specials frontman Terry Hall died as a result of pancreatic cancer, his bandmate Horace Panter has said.
In an emotional note shared on Facebook, the band’s bassist said that the group – then comprising Panter, Hall and guitarist Lynval Golding – had intended to record a new album in Los Angeles in November, produced by Roger Rivas of the Aggrolites.
