UB40’s Brian Travers dead at 62 after ‘heroic’ fight for life

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Brian Travers was a founding member, saxophonist, and contributing songwriter for the British reggae/pop band UB40.Brian Travers and his school friends started the reggae influenced pop band UB40 in Birmingham, England, in the 1970s. They named the band after the unemployment benefit form 40.

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https://t.co/oJydfjLW60In 2019, the BBC reported that Travers had surgery to remove two brain tumors.

Brian Travers – a founder member of and saxophone player with UB40 – has died aged 62.In a statement, the band said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our comrade, brother, founding UB40 member and musical legend, Brian David Travers. Brian passed away yesterday evening with his family by his side, after a long and heroic battle with cancer.

Chris Willman Music WriterBrian Travers, a saxophonist, arranger and lyricist for the group UB40 and one of its founding members, died Sunday at age 62 at his home near Birmingham in England.

UB40 founding member Brian Travers has died; he was 62.Travers was a saxophone player and songwriter with the band. A statement from the band said that Travers died at his home in Moseley on Sunday (August 22).

cancer, the band has said. The musician, a founding member of the reggae band, died at his home in Moseley in the West Midlands surrounded by his family on August 22.