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'You'll never walk alone': Liverpool salute Marsden after singer dies aged 78
Liverpool fans celebrate outside Anfield in Liverpool, England on July 22, 2020 after Liverpool's final home English Premier League football match of the season against Chelsea after which the team was presented with the Premier League trophy. Liverpool on Wednesday lifted the Premier League trophy at the famous Kop stand at Anfield after their final home game of the season.
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- The famous song was also adopted by fans of other European football teams including Celtic in Scotland, Borussia Dortmund and Feyenoord.
- Marsden's friend and broadcaster Price announced the death when he wrote on Instagram: "It's with a very heavy heart after speaking to the family that I have to tell you the legendary Gerry Marsden MBE, after a short illness which was an infection in his heart, has sadly passed away.
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Gerry Marsden, frontman of 1960s group Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died aged 78, the singer's friend Pete Price announced Sunday.