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Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died aged 71, his manager has said.
Hot Chocolate had hits in more than 50 countries worldwide, including You Sexy Thing, It Started With A Kiss and Everyone's a Winner.
Brown was made an MBE by the Queen in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.
ITV NEWS:
Hot Chocolate frontman Errol Brown has died aged 71, his manager said.
The singer, famous for hits including You Sexy Thing and It Started With A Kiss, died at home in the Bahamas.
His manager, Phil Dale, said he had suffered from liver cancer.
Brown scored his first success with Hot Chocolate in 1970 with the top 10 track Love Is Life and went on to have more than 20 top 40 hits.
You Sexy Thing made it into the top 10 three times - helped along in 1997 by its use in the film The Full Monty - and the band had their only number one with So You Win Again in 1977. It Started With A Kiss also charted three times.
Very Depressing.
Tempus fugit
The singer, famous for hits including You Sexy Thing and It Started With A Kiss, died at home in the Bahamas.
His manager, Phil Dale, said he had suffered from liver cancer.
Brown scored his first success with Hot Chocolate in 1970 with the top 10 track Love Is Life and went on to have more than 20 top 40 hits.
You Sexy Thing made it into the top 10 three times - helped along in 1997 by its use in the film The Full Monty - and the band had their only number one with So You Win Again in 1977. It Started With A Kiss also charted three times.
Very Depressing.
Tempus fugit
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