Karl Wallinger, the frontman ofWorld Partywho earlier played withThe Waterboys, died March 10 at 66.
No cause or location was given by his publicist in the confirmation.
and Shes the One, which later was a hit cover for Robbie Williams.
That track reached the Top 30 in the UK before its 1991 re-release hit No.
5 in the U.S. Lead single Put the Message in the Box made the Top 10 on that chart.
World Partys 1993 albumBang!hit No.
2 in the UK and featured another U.S. Top 5 Mainstream Rock hit in Is It Like Today?
Former Take That singer Williams covered the bands Shes the One, from its 1997 albumEgyptology,hit No.
1 in the UK in 1999.
Wallinger suffered a brain aneurysm in February 2001.
He was recovering for the next five years before returning to touring in 2006.
He added, Travel on well my old friend.
