'You'll Never Walk Alone' singer Gerry Marsden dead at 78

Liverpool supporter and singer Gerry Marsden singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' before their English Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers at Anfield in Liverpool, northern England, October 24,2010. Photo: Reuters

Gerry Marsden, frontman of 1960s group Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died aged 78, the singer's friend Pete Price announced Sunday.

Liverpool-born Marsden, who died after a short illness, had a 1960s hit with his cover of the Rodgers and Hammerstein song You'll Never Walk Alone, which originally featured in their musical Carousel.