Peter Byrne, one-half of the ’80s New Wave and synth-pop hitmaking duo Naked Eyes, has died at the age of 74.
Alongside the late Rob Fisher, Byrne rose to fame with hits including 1983’s “Always Something There to Remind Me” and 1984’s “Promises, Promises.”
According to a statement on the group’s official website, the singer “died peacefully in Los Angeles on Monday” after “a brief illness.” A cause of death remains unclear.
Other Top 40 hits across their two studio albums included “When the Lights Go Out” and “(What) In the Name of Love.”
Fisher — who died back in 1999 at the age of 42 — and Byrne founded their beloved band back in 1982.
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