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British singer Gerry Marsden, known for celebrating the song ‘You will never walk alone’, sung at the beginning and end of Liverpool games, passed away on Sunday at the age of 78, the English football club announced.
Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the British band Gerry and the Pacemakers, has been battling heart problems for years.
Marsden formed the band Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1959, having enjoyed almost immediate success. However, it was with the version of the song “I’ll Never Walk Alone”, which would become an anthem for Liverpool fans, that Gerry’s voice would be immortalized.
The club has already used social media to react to the loss of the musician.
It is with such sadness that we learn of Gerry Marsden’s passing.
Gerry’s words will live forever with us. You will never walk alone ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5W4yspmLRV
– Liverpool FC (@LFC)
January 3, 2021
Gerry’s voice accompanied some of our most important nights. Their anthem brings together players, club employees and fans from around the world, helping to create something really special. “, can be read in the tweet posted by the English champions.
“Um ‘scouser’ [natural de Liverpool] and a lifelong fan of the club, Marsden was the lead singer of the band Merseybeat [género musical local] Gerry and the pacemakers, whose version of You will never walk alone was adopted by ‘Kop’ [estádio] in 1963 “, read in a statement posted on Liverpool’s official website.
Sung in moments of celebration or commiseration, Gerry’s rendition of You will never walk will only forever be linked to the club he loved. “Liverpool laments.
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