Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Mark Edward Smith
Born	(1957-03-05)5 March 1957 Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England
Died	24 January 2018(2018-01-24) (aged 60) Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England
Genres	Post-punk, alternative rock, spoken word
Occupation(s)	Musician, lyricist, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, keyboards, violin
Years active	1976–2018

Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group The Fall.^[1][2] Smith formed The Fall in 1976 after attending a Sex Pistols gig at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in June that year.^[3]

Smith died on 24 January 2018 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester of lung and kidney cancer at the age of 60.^[4]

References

1. Welsh, Claire. "BBC mistakenly announces Mark E. Smith’s death instead of birthday". BBC, 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017
2. Maume, Chris. "The Fall's Mark E Smith has become a strange, antimatter national treasure". The Independent, 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017
3. "The Fall's Mark E Smith has become a strange, antimatter national treasure".
4. The Fall's Mark E. Smith Has Died at Age 60

Other websites

Media related to Mark E. Smith at Wikimedia Commons

• The Fall online formerly: The Official Fall Website & The Unofficial Fall Website
• Various interviews
• Guardian interview (2005)
• BBC Collective interview (2005) Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine