De a
‘De y’
B ow so
has
passed
away
at
the
age
of
55
yea s
old.
The
ma
was
well
k ow
fo
bei g
the
fou di g
membe
of
EMF.
(I stag am)
De a
‘De y’
B ow so ,
the
fou di g
membe
a d
keyboa dist
of
the
popula
ock
ba d
EMF,
has
passed
away.
He
was
55
yea s
old
at
the
time
of
his
passi g.
The
ba d
is
best
k ow
fo
thei
1990
debut
si gle,
‘U believable’,
which
was
o e
of
thei
highest-selli g
si gles
a d
topped
a
lot
of
cha ts
at
the
time
of
its
elease.
De a
‘De y’
B ow so
passes
away
Acco di g
to
a
official
stateme t
the
ba d
collectively
sha ed
with
the
BBC,
they
evealed
that
De y
passed
away
o
August
13
at
the
age
of
55.
While
ot
ma y
details
we e
sha ed
o li e,
the
outlet
evealed
that
he
passed
away
afte
battli g
a
b ai
tumou ,
which
he
had
publicly
evealed
last
yea .
Whe
a ou ci g
his
passi g,
the
ba d
emembe ed
him
as
a
pe so
who
was
“beautiful
i side
a d
out.”The
ba d
also
sha ed
the
ews
of
his
passi g
o
thei
I stag am
accou t,
posti g
it
alo g
with
a
photo
of
the
musicia
smili g
while
playi g
his
i st ume t
o
stage.
They
w ote,
“Late
last
ight
we
sta ted
to
hea
the
ews
that
we
have
lost
ou
B othe
I
A ms
De a
B ow so .
We
a e
devastated;
the
o ly
solace
we
ca
fi d
is
that
we
a e
ete ally
g ateful
De y
was
able
to
joi
us
o
stage
a
couple
times
just
a
few
sho t
mo ths
back.
Nothi g
will
eve
be
the
same
agai
without
ou
ba dmate
a d
f ie d;
fly
high,
b othe
De y.”
T ibutes
pou
i
fo
De a
‘De y’
B ow so
Soo
afte
the
ews
eached
the
wo ld,
fa s,
etize s,
a d
fellow
a tists
f om
the
i dust y
offe ed
co dole ces
a d
suppo t
fo
the
ba d
a d
fo
De y’s
family.
O e
pe so
w ote
i
the
comme t
sectio ,
“Omg
this
is
such
sad
ews.
I
met
De y
a d
the
othe s
fo
the
1st
time
back
i
1991
at
the
BBC
i
White
City
whe
they
just
eleased
U believable.
Such
g eat
memo ies
of
the
ba d
a d
thei
gigs.
Back
togethe
with
Zac
ow.
Sleep
well,
De y
x”,
while
a othe
pe so
sha ed,
“The
coolest
ma
of
all
time
x.”Ia
De ch,
fellow
ba dmate
f om
EMF,
emembe ed
his
f ie d
while
talki g
to
the
outlet,
sha i g,
“I
ca ’t
thi k
of
a yo e
who
embodied
lust
fo
life
like
De y
did.
I
mea ,
he
was
beautiful
i side
out.
“U de eath
all
that
exciteme t
a d
laughte ,
he
was
a
se sitive
soul
a d,
as
I
said,
a
beautiful
pe so
i side
a d
out.”
Musical
g oup
Feede
posted
i
the
comme t
sectio ,
“So
so y
to
hea
this”,
while
lead
guita ist
of
Ash,
Tim
Wheele ,
w ote,
“So
so y
fo
you
loss,
est
i
peace
De y,
se di g
love.”A
fa
ecalled
how
he
became
f ie ds
with
the
musicia
a d
w ote
about
how
the
two
had
met
fo
the
fi st
time
afte
he
booked
the
ba d
fo
a
festival.
The
comme t
fu the
ead,
“I’d
bee
a
EMF
fa
lo g
si ce,
them
bei g
local
to
me
a d
the
best
thi g
to
eve
come
out
of
the
Fo est.
I
had
a
atu al
bo d
with
De y
befo e
I
eve
met
him
–
we
had
Wolves
i
commo ,
a d
it
was
that
which
sta ted
ou
f ie dship.
Whe
he
fi st
became
ill,
we
excha ged
a
lot
of
messages,
a d
I
felt
ce tai
he
would
beat
his
ill ess
–
a d
ow
I’m
sat
he e
mou i g
the
loss
of
a
f ie d.”
He
added,
“Fly
high,
my
f ie d
–
watch
the
Wolves
f om
o
high,
a d
t y
ot
to
‘smash
the
fucki g
place,
ight
up.’
Lo g
live
the
ew
flesh
x.”
About
EMF
a d
De a
‘De y’
B ow so
The
musicia
sta ted
the
cult
ba d
i
the
90s
i
Ci de fo d,
Glouceste shi e,
a d
the
g oup
soo
fou d
thei
footi g
afte
the
elease
of
thei
debut
si gle,
‘U believable.’
At
the
time
of
its
elease,
the
so g
ose
to
the
top
of
multiple
music
cha ts
a d
helped
them
fi d
thei
footi g
i
the
i dust y.I
July
2025,
De y
publicly
eleased
a
stateme t
to
the
outlet,
sha i g
that
he
had
bee
battli g
with
a
b ai
tumou
a d
had
al eady
u de go e
su ge y
to
emove
pa ts
of
it
to
speed
up
his
ecove y.
Talki g
about
his
diag osis,
he
sha ed
that
he
wishes
to
ecove
quickly
a d
get
back
up
o
stage.
He
comme ted
at
the
time,
“[It’s]
just
a
battle,
eally.
I
wa t
to
get
back
i to
playi g;
that
has
mea t
a
lot,
actually,
just
to
do
this
gig
ow
i
ou
hometow .
Doi g
gigs
i
you
hometow
ca
sometimes
be
a
pai …
but
this
is
ve y,
ve y
special
to
me.”Ove
the
cou se
of
his
ca ee ,
B ow so
wo ked
with
EMF
fo
yea s
a d
was
i volved
i
all
five
of
thei
full-le gth
studio
albums
f om
the
get-go.