What is Gerry Marsden?
{{Infobox musical artist | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | name = Gerry Marsden | image = Gerry Marsden-bw.jpg | caption = Marsden in 2011 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Gerard Marsden | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|09|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Toxteth]], [[Liverpool]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|01|03|1942|09|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Liverpool, England | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = {{Flatlist| *[[Beat music|Merseybeat]] *[[rock music|rock]] *[[pop music|pop]] *[[British rock and roll]]}} | occupation = Singer-songwriter, television personality | years_active = 1959–1966 <small>(group)</small><br>1966–2018 <small>(solo)</small> | label = {{Flatlist| *[[Columbia (EMI)|Columbia]] (UK) *[[Laurie Records|Laurie]] (US)}} | associated_acts = {{Flatlist| *[[Gerry and the Pacemakers]] *[[The Crowd (band)|The Crowd]] (1985)}} | website = {{Nowrap|{{URL|http://www.gerryandthepacemakers.co.uk/}}}} }} '''Gerard Marsden''' [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (24 September 1942 – 3 January 2021) was an English pop rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and [[celebrity|television personality]]. He was best known for being leader of the [[Merseybeat]] band [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]]. Marsden died on 3 January 2021 at the age of 78 from a heart infection in [[Liverpool]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/gerry-marsden-death-illness-b1781737.html|title=Musician Gerry Marsden dies aged 78|date=3 January 2021|website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-gerry-marsden-dead-gerry-23255734 |title=Gerry Marsden dead: Gerry and the Pacemakers star passes aged 78 after short illness |last=Waddell |first=Lily |work=Daily Mirror |date=2021-01-03}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsden, Ge