What Illness Did Gerry Marsden Have? What Did Gerry Marsden Die Of?

English singer and songwriter, Gerry Marsden, died of heart infection.

His friend Pete Price said on Instagram after speaking to Marsden’s family that the singer died after a short illness related to a heart infection.

Marsden was the lead singer of the band that found fame in the Merseybeat scene in the 1960s.

Though another Liverpool band — The Beatles — reached superstardom, Gerry and the Pacemakers will always have a place in the city’s consciousness because of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

Marsden is best known for his band’s rendition of the song from “Carousel,” which was a 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that became a feature film in 1956.

The Pacemakers’ cover version was released in October 1963 and became the band’s third No. 1 hit on the British singles chart.

It was adopted by fans of the soccer club Liverpool and is sung with spine-tingling passion before each home game of the 19-time English champion — before coronavirus restrictions meant many matches being played in empty stadiums.

Paul McCartney from The Beatles said Marsden was “a mate from our early days in Liverpool” and that his group were “our biggest rivals” on the local scene.

“His unforgettable performances of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ and ‘Ferry Cross the Mersey’ remain in many people’s hearts as reminders of a joyful time in British music,” he said.