The surviving members announced Brooker's death in an obituary on the group's official website, writing that the brightly shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry... had been receiving treatment for cancer, but died peacefully at home.
Brooker had been appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 2003.
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