 Corinne Bailey Rae: Husband found dead
Jason Rae, 31, who was saxophone player and husband of Grammy-nominated British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. Police said that he was found dead in an apartment in the northern English city of Leeds on Saturday. Police Officers are awaiting results of toxicology tests to determine the cause of death.
Police Officers said, they had arrested a 32 year old man on suspicion of supplying drugs to Corinne Bailey Rae's husband but the man has been released on bail.
Jason Rae was a saxophonist with a funk band, the Haggis Horns.
The singer Bailey Rae, 29, met Jason Rae while working in a coat-check room at a jazz club when she was an English literature student at Leeds University. They married in 2001. Her record label said in a statement: “EMI Records would like to offer its sincere condolences to Corinne Bailey Rae and the Rae family at this tragic time. We ask that the media respects Corinne’s privacy and that of her entire family”.
Corinne Bailey Rae's self-titled debut album sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S. after its release in 2006.
The singer, Corinne Bailey Rae was nominated for song of the year at the Grammy Awards in both 2007 and 2008. |