Dave Ball, who served as half of the English duo Soft Cell and perhaps best known for the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” has died.

English producer and electronic musician Dave Ball passed away at the age of 66 on October 22, 2025, at his home in London.

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Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.”  Almond announced his musical partner’s death Thursday.

The Soft Cell story is one of wild, hedonistic success. Here, Marc Almond and Dave Ball confess all – about controversial ...

A musician behind one of the biggest hits of the 1980s is dead at age 66. Dave Ball, one-half of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell, ...

Dave Ball, who has died aged 66, was the keyboards man in Soft Cell, the synthpop duo who took the early Eighties pop scene ...

Soft Cell star Dave Ball, praised as a “wonderfully brilliant musical genius” by his bandmate Marc Almond, has died aged 66.

Recorded at the Union Chapel in London, this concert from 2000 features Marc Almond in an intimate, and unique, setting. Working his way through a variety of cover versions and original material, ...

Ball’s death comes just weeks after he appeared with Soft Cell for a headlining performance at a U.K. music festival.