Musician Matthew Seligman, who was best known as the bass players for The Soft Boys, has died. He was 64.Former Soft Boys frontman Robyn Hitchcock confirmed the news of Seligman's death in a heartfelt Facebook post on Friday (April 17)."I’m writing this as Matthew Seligman slips out of this life and into wherever souls go next," wrote Hitchcock, who met Seligman in 1976. "Everybody goes, but none of us were expecting Matthew to leave us so abruptly, forever."The cause of Seligman's death had not been confirmed at press time.
His friend and former bandmate Thomas Dolby shared on Facebook that Seligman "suffered a catastrophic haemorrhagic stroke" after recently being admitted to St George’s in London for COVID-19."I am so sad to have to bear.