Depeche Mode legend Vince Clarke’s wife Tracy Hurley Martin has died after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.
Martin, who died aged 53, was a filmmaker, publicist and museum curator for a now defunct non-profit Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn.
The couple lived in New York together in a large Manhattan home with their 18-year-old son, Oscar.
Clarke, 63, has not addressed the death of his wife of 20 years but Erasure bandmate Andy Bell shared the news on his social media.
Andy wrote: ‘There are no words. My heart, my soul, and all of my love goes to Vincent and Oscar, Tonya, Michael and Isabelle and all of Tracy’s family and friends.’
Two years ago, Martin underwent a hysterectomy and has reportedly been battling cancer for many years.
The Erasure star and his wife rarely spoke about her illness but he did address it in an interview with The Quietus last year.
He said: ‘Something like this does affect everything that you do, you know. It does affect your life. And I think it’s affected the way that I listen to, and look to, music.
‘Doing this kind of music in particular is very therapeutic. It’s helped me to switch off all of the other stuff and just think about sounds.
‘Even though it’s not even me that is going through something directly. You know, I’m just a carer.’
Martin praised her family for their support in February 2022, taking to social media to update everyone.
She wrote: ‘I’m not only thankful for the treatment but for the around the clock care and unwavering support my husband and sister have provided me. I tear up just writing how much I love them both.
‘I have reached a depth of love for all of you that I had no idea existed.’
On Boxing Day of that year, she retweeted a poignant message: ‘When you have incurable cancer the words Last Christmas take on a totally different meaning.’
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