Greg Gilbert: Last News

Delays frontman Greg Gilbert has died, five years after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. He was 44.In a statement posted on Twitter, Gilbert’s brother and bandmate Aaron said last night: “I have no idea how to do this right now, but this afternoon at 2:22 we walked my brother back home to somewhere out there in the ether.

cancer.His brother Aaron wrote: ‘I have no idea how to do this right now but this afternoon at 2:22; we walked my brother back home to somewhere out there in the ether.‘Greg died surrounded in the endless love that us and all of you have given him on this journey, and we will never be able to express how much it meant to him (and all of us) to have you by our side lifting us up like a winged army. ‘Your messages, your encouragement and your compassion have been our oxygen for the last five years.‘He was my brother and my best friend, and we did everything together.‘It was the greatest honour to be with him as he took one last gentle breath before leaving us.

The band was due to release their fifth studio album in 2013 but other projects led to it being delayed.Aside from his music, Greg was a talented artist and writer.His poems about living with cancer were published as part of the Laureate’s Choice series in 2019.Following Greg’s cancer diagnosis in 2016, he went through extensive treatment.The musician had kept his fans updated on his progress throughout.At the beginning of August, he shared with his followers on Twitter how he had stopped his treatment.He said: “This isn't a post I ever thought I'd write but it seems necessary.“I have, unfortunately, been taken off of treatment and am now being treated for pain relief at Countess Mountbatten Hospice.”At the beginning of September, Greg then

Delays, has died.His death was confirmed by bandmate and brother Aaron Gilbert, who took to Twitter this evening (September 30) to share the tragic news.“I have no idea how to do this right now, but this afternoon at 2:22; we walked my brother back home to somewhere out there in the ether,” Aaron wrote.