Errol Brown, Hot Chocolate singer, dies aged 71
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Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died aged 71, his manager has said.
Phil Dale said Brown had had liver cancer and died at his home in the Bahamas. Hot Chocolate had hits in more than 50 countries worldwide, including You Sexy Thing, It Started with a Kiss and Everyone's a Winner.
Brown was made an MBE by the Queen in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.
Brown co-wrote You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate's best-known hit and a top 10 single in the 1970s and '80s.
It charted again in the UK when it was featured in The Full Monty in 1997.
Brown embarked on a farewell tour in 2009, telling the Daily Telegraph he felt it was the right time to stop performing.
"I just feel it's time now," he said. "I'm losing energy.
"Now in my life I feel I've done my thing, and I don't want to come out half-heartedly."
In a message on his website after the tour, he thanked fans for coming out in large numbers to show their love and support.
"The atmosphere at the concerts were the best ever," he wrote.
"The love I felt at each concert will stay in my heart forever."
