Merseybeat singer Gerry Marsden’s “devastated” daughter said she “very, very proud to call him dad”.
Chuckling a little as she tried not to sob, his daughter Yvette Marbeck said: “My sister Vicky and myself have always been very, very proud of dad.
“He has always been a good man. He had his feet on the ground. He made us laugh every single day. He was our hero, wonderful.”
Gerry Marsden at the Adelphi Theatre in 1968 (PA)
Marsden, the lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers – whose songs included the Liverpool anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone, died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 78.