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Dave Ball, Half of Groundbreaking Eighties Synth-Pop Duo Soft Cell, Dead at 66

Dave Ball, Soft Cell's synthesizer player who founded the New Wave band in 1981 alongside Marc Almond, died in his sleep at 66.

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