Judge Dread died from a heart attack as he walked off stage after performing at The Penny Theatre in Canterbury on 13 March 1998.
Judge Dread je kot tekstopisec pritegnil celo pozornosti Elvisa Presleyja, ki je nameraval leta 1977 v sodelovanju z njim posneti skladbo »A Child's Prayer« kot božično darilo hčerki Lisi Marie, a je pred dokončanjem projekta umrl.