Dave Dee
According to a spokeswoman, Dave Dee died in Kingston Hospital, south-west London on Friday morning following "a long and courageous battle" with cancer.
The singer was a member of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - named after the five friends' nicknames - and continued to play gigs with his friends until the very end of his life.
The group had eight top 10 hits, including a UK number one single in 1968 with The Legend of Xanadu, in which Dee famously cracked a whip. They first entered the UK chart in December 1965 with You Make it Move, which peaked at number 26 and subsequent singles included Hold Tight!, Bend It! and Save Me and between 1965 and 1969 they spent more weeks in the UK singles charts than any other band.
In 1969 Dee left the group to tackle a somewhat short-lived solo career, but they reformed in the 1990s with Dee as lead vocalist once again and they had recently been performing dates in the UK and Germany and were due to play another eight concerts before the end of April.
The singer, whose real name was David Harman, came from Wiltshire and was originally a police officer before turning his hand to music. In the 1970s he was a founding committee member of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity and was actively involved in fundraising and increasing the profile of the organisation, for more than 30 years until he later worked as a magistrate in Cheshire.
He is survived by his wife Joanne, daughter Olivia, twin sons Ashley and Elliot, and by Lesley, his partner during his final two years.
FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison
He spoke to me just months before his death, and you can read one of his final interviews here