Singer Chris Rea - famous for Driving Home For Christmas - has died

Chris Rea, known for hits including Driving Home For Christmas and The Road To Hell, has died, according to a household spokesperson.

The Middlesbrough-born instrumentalist was diagnosed with pancreatic crab and had his pancreas removed successful 2001, and successful 2016 helium suffered a stroke.

Rea recovered fame successful the precocious seventies and eighties with hits specified arsenic Fool (If You Think It's Over), Let's Dance and The Road To Hell.

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