Colin Gibb’s widow Sue Kelly revealed the Black Lace singer wanted everyone to wear ‘Agadoo T-shirts’ to his funeral – after his shock death was announced.
The Do The Conga singer tragically died aged 70 on Sunday, just days after he announced his retirement with fans.
His ‘devastated’ wife Sue shared that she and Colin both spoke about their desires and wishes for their funerals, before he unexpectedly passed.
Sue shared Colin wanted his fans and friends to wear ‘s*** shirts’ or the iconic floral pineapple T-shirts from Black Lace’s hit song Agadoo and wanted people to donate to a cat charity rather than buy flowers.
While the funeral date is yet to be announced, Sue revealed she will be letting fans know when the service will be as she thanked everyone for their kind support.
Colin Gibb’s widow Sue Kelly revealed the Black Lace singer wanted everyone to wear ‘Agadoo T-shirts’ to his funeral – after his shock death was announced
The Black Lace singer tragically died aged 70 on Sunday, just days after he announced his retirement with fans
His ‘devastated’ wife Sue (pictured) shared that she and Colin both spoke about their desires and wishes for their funerals, before he unexpectedly passed
She wrote on Facebook: ‘Can’t thank everyone individually for your lovely kind posts for my beloved husband Colin. Thankyou. I will let you all know when his funeral will be.
‘Colin and I talked about our funerals and what we’d want. He said his was everyone wear agadoo shirts or “s*** shirts ” as they were called to his funeral, so please, everyone welcome, but full fill his final dream.
‘Colin didn’t want flowers, he wants any donations to his love of cats. So to a cat charity please. Let’s honour his wishes, he gave us so many memories.
‘Thankyou from his devastated wife Sue x’.
Sue said Colin was ‘so happy and looking forward to his new life’, as they were due to fly to Spain on Thursday and start his retirement together.
Announcing his death, Sue wrote: ‘I love you Colin, spent 22 years living your Agadoo dream, we were due to retire to Spain on Thursday.
‘You were so happy, so looking forward to our new life, now you’re gone. As we used to say, always love you forever.’
Colin revealed May 13 with his fans that ‘all good things must come to an end’ as he announced his retirement.
Sue shared Colin wanted his fans and friends to wear ‘s*** shirts’ or the iconic floral pineapple T-shirts from Black Lace’s hit song Agadoo and wanted people to donate to a cat charity
While the funeral date is yet to be announced, Sue revealed she will be letting fans know when his funeral will be as she thanked everyone for their kind support
Sue said Colin was ‘so happy and looking forward to his new life’, as they were due to fly to Spain on Thursday and start his retirement together
Colin revealed May 13 with his fans that ‘all good things must come to an end’ as he announced his retirement
He was due to hold one last show this week in Spain, to thanks his fans for supporting him over the many years.
He wrote: ‘Well all good things must come to an end. I have decided to retire. My last show will be on Thursday at Villa Adeje Beach Hotel, in San Eugeneo.
‘Thanks to all of you that have supported “Black Lace” over the years, and the thousands of friends I have met during that time, since we set out in 1975.’
While Colin stuck with the band for many decades, Black Lace had a number of changes to their group over the years.
The group, which consisted of Colin and bandmates Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott, finished seventh in the Eurovision as they represented the UK in 1979 with their hit song Mary Ann.
Black Lace led the tributes to their ‘great friend’ after wife Sue announced his passing, sharing a heartfelt message on the band’s official Facebook page.
It read: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our great friend Colin Gibb.
‘Colin was one of the founder members of Black Lace, together with Alan Barton, and will be truly missed by everyone who knew him.
‘We’d like to send his family and friends all our love and support at this extremely difficult time.’
Colin was the longest-standing member of Black Lace, which was famed for their hit tunes Agadoo and Do the Conga (Colin pictured with bandmates Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott in 1979)
While Colin stuck with the band for many decades, Black Lace had a number of changes to their group over the years (Colin Gibb, Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott pictured)
Black Lace led the tributes to their ‘great friend’ after wife Sue announced his passing, sharing a heartfelt message on the band’s official Facebook page
The group is famed for when Colin starred alongside bandmates Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott (pictured during Eurovision contest in 1979)
Fellow Black Lace member, Dene Michael also shared a sweet tribute after hearing about the loss of his friend.
He wrote: ‘So sad to hear the passing of my singing partner with Black Lace RIP my friend Colin Gibb. God Bless. We had some great times together touring the world.’
Colin was the longest-standing member of Black Lace, which was famed for their hit tunes Agadoo and Do the Conga.
Agadoo made it to number two in the charts in 1984, picked up the dubious honour by triumphing in a poll for respected music magazine Q.
Black Lace enjoyed a string of novelty hits in the 1980s but the duo were unable to match the success of the track which stayed in the UK top 75 for a colossal 30 weeks.
Agadoo, which was accompanied by a silly dance, was only held off the number one slot by George Michael’s Careless Whisper.
Alan – who was killed in a bus crash in 1995 – once said of the song: ‘It was a good party song, I’m not going to knock it.’
