Greg Gilbert, frontman for British band Delays, dies at age 44 from cancer

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 Delays lead singer Greg Gilbert died Thursday afternoon after battling cancer for five years. He was 44.

His passing was announced and memorialized by his brother and bandmate Aaron Gilbert in a touching tribute on Twitter calling his brother his "oxygen."

"Greg died surrounded in the endless love that us & all of you have given him on this journey, and we will never be able to fully express how much it meant to him (and all of us) to have you by our side lifting us up like a winged army," he wrote.

Gilbert was a founding member of Delays which was formed in Southampton, England in 2001 with three other members: Rowly, Colin Fox and Dan Hall. Gilbert's brother Aaron Gilbert joined the band later.

Source usatoday