Hot Chocolate Singer Errol Brown Dies

Errol Brown, frontman for the band Hot Chocolate, died yesterday after a battle with liver cancer at his home in the Bahamas. He was 71.

Brown is probably best known for singing the smash hit “You Sexy Thing,” which has been used in several commercials, as well as the 1997 film, “The Full Monty.” The band’s other big hits include “Emma”, the original version of "Brother Louie", and “Everyone's a Winner.”

In 1981, Brown actually performed at the wedding reception for Prince Charles and Lady Diana. “I remember her coming over to me to thank me for coming, and thinking what a tall and pretty lady she was!,” he once said in an interview. “Then, about 15 minutes later, Prince Charles came in and did the same thing!”

A statement from Brown's manager on Wednesday confirmed the singer's death.

"Errol Brown MBE passed away in The Bahamas this morning with his wife Ginette and daughters Colette and Leonie by his side of liver cancer," he said.

"Errol was a lover of life and obviously 'music!' I never went into his home, car or a hotel room without music playing.

"His greatest legacy is that his music will live on!"

Fellow artists including Chic's Nile Rodgers have paid tribute on Twitter.

Rodgers wrote: "We had some good times back in the day. #ErrolBrown RIP".

Singer Beverley Knight tweeted: "I am so gutted. Errol Brown was such a charismatic performer."