Mark E. Smith

Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group The Fall.Welsh, Claire. "BBC mistakenly announces Mark E. Smith’s death instead of birthday". BBC, 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017Maume, Chris. "The Fall's Mark E Smith has become a strange, antimatter national treasure". ''The Independent, 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017 Smith formed The Fall in 1976 after attending a Sex Pistols gig at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in June that year."The Fall's Mark E Smith has become a strange, antimatter national treasure".

Smith died on 24 January 2018 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester of lung and kidney cancer at the age of 60.

 References 

 Other websites 

 The Fall online formerly: The Official Fall Website & The Unofficial Fall Website
 Various interviews 
 Guardian interview (2005)
 BBC Collective interview (2005) 

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