Black (singer)

Colin Vearncombe (26 May 1962 − 26 January 2016), known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter. He started his career in the punk rock music scene and went on to become a pop success in the late 1980s. He was known for the international hit single "Wonderful Life" in 1987. He was born in Liverpool.

Death
On 12 January 2016, he was in a serious car accident in Ireland and placed in a medically-induced coma after sustaining serious head injuries. Vearncombe died from his injuries at the intensive care unit of Cork University Hospital in Cork on 26 January 2016 at the age of 53. Vearncombe was survived by his wife and three children.

References

Other websites
Official site
Single Black Spot 
Colinvearncombe.nl - Fansite 

Category:1962 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Road accident deaths
Category:Irish singer-songwriters
Category:Singers from Liverpool
Category:Musicians from Liverpool
Category:Writers from Liverpool
Category:Deaths from head injury
Category:New wave singers