{"id":164106,"date":"2022-12-21T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-specials-horace-panter-on-terry-halls-final-days-and-cause-of-death\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:23:00","slug":"the-specials-horace-panter-on-terry-halls-final-days-and-cause-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-specials-horace-panter-on-terry-halls-final-days-and-cause-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"The Specials’ Horace Panter on Terry Hall’s final days and cause of death"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Specials’ Horace Panter has shared a statement on Facebook outlining the weeks leading up to bandmate Terry Hall’s death on December 18.<\/p>\n
The Specials confirmed Hall’s passing yesterday (December 19), sharing that he had died following a \u201cbrief illness\u201d at the age of 63, and remembering their frontman as \u201ca beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced\u201d.<\/p>\n
In Panter’s statement, posted to Facebook earlier today (December 20), the bassist said he, Hall and Specials guitarist Lynval Golding had been planning to record a reggae album in Los Angeles in early November, with flights booked and studio time and accommodation organized.<\/p>\n
\u201cTerry had the framework for 8 tunes. Confidence was high. We were set to meet up with Nikolaj [Larsen, Specials keyboardist] and make magic. This was in September. Terry e-mails everyone and says he’s in bed with a stomach bug and can’t do the first week of pre-production sessions. No big deal, we can knock everything back a week. We’re not due to fly out until November 4th.\u201d<\/p>\n