the group broke up in 1967, and gerry went on to work as an actor and performer in musical theater. he reformed the pacemakers in 1972 with prominent liverpool musicians jose mclaughlin, billy kinsley and pete clarke. gerry wrote a book about his life, "you'll never walk alone", which was published in 1993. original band member, freddie marsden, died on december 9, 2006, at 66 years of age.