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Britain’s Got Talent star Will Read has died at the age of 51.
The musician died at his home in Macclesfield on August 7 with his friend and brother by his side following a battle with cancer.
Will famously performed alongside judge David Walliams in the ITV show’s final in 2012, as part of the comedy act The Showbears.
The group famously stole the show with their sparkly sailor suits, with David also dressed in one himself when he took to the stage in the final.
Read later joined Gloria Estefan’s band on her 2013 European tour, travelling to countries including Belgium and Switzerland.
Britain’s Got Talent star Will Read (pictured second right) has died at the age of 51, after competing on the ITV show in 2012 alongside comedy musical act The Showbears
The musician died at his home in Macclesfield on August 7 with his friend and brother by his side following a battle with cancer
Friends of Will shared their tributes to him on Facebook, with poses including: Sleep peacefully Will, what a beautiful soul you were.’
Another said: ‘Such a great friend and a loveable character. You will be missed. Rest easy my friend.’
The singer’s obituary notice read: ‘Will aged 51 years of Macclesfield, peacefully passed away on Wednesday 7th August 2024.
‘Dearly loved son of Kate, much loved brother of Tom, cherished brother in law of Marianne and fabulous uncle of Jimmy and Liam.
‘Will was an accomplished musician excelling in percussion, drum and vocals.
‘He toured with Gloria Estefan and crusied the world as a musical director in his sucessful career.
‘He will be greatly missed by all his family, many friends and colleagues.’
The Showbears were eliminated from BGT in the second semi-final, but in the final, they made a sensational return as David took to the stage.
Will famously performed alongside judge David Walliams in the ITV show’s final in 2012, as part of the comedy act The Showbears
The hilarious performance sparked a flurry of red buzzers from judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell.
David left Britain’s Got Talent in 2022, two weeks after he was caught calling an elderly contestant a ‘c***’ during a break in filming.
He was also heard disparaging a female contestant, calling her a ‘slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f*** them, but you don’t’.
Comedian Clare Harrison McCartney later claimed these comments were about her and branded Walliams a ‘sad misogynist’, but producers denied the remarks were aimed at her.
Bruno Tonioli later took over from him as a judge on the talent show, signing a big-money deal.
David went onto open legal proceedings against BGT’s production company Fremantle, after his remarks were made public.
The former Little Britain star is said to have claimed in court documents that producers ‘recorded, transcribed and retained’ all his conversations during his decade-long stint and that he had no idea his microphone was ‘kept on and recording’ throughout the entire day of filming.
In November, David agreed to a settlement which is said to be ‘way under’ the £10 million which he was seeking. MailOnline understood at the time that the sum was comfortably less than £5 million.
Fremantle had to accept that their security procedures had failed which allowed Walliams’ comments to be leaked to the Guardian, hence the decision to settle.
Sources indicate that many of his other arguments ‘failed’ leading to a relatively modest settlement which was equivalent to around a year’s salary – roughly £1million.
