London | Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the 1960s British group Gerry and the Pacemakers that had such hits as Ferry Cross the Mersey and the song that became the anthem of Liverpool Football Club, You’ll Never Walk Alone, has died. He was 78.
His family said that Marsden died on Sunday “after a short illness in no way connected with COVID-19" and that his wife, daughters and grandchildren are “devastated".
