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Chas goes it alone as Dave mourns loss of his wife to lung cancer possibly caused by passive smoking says agent  

The band's agent, Barry Collings, said Dave, 64, had been very badly affected by the loss of his wife after 36 years of 'blissful marriage'.

'Understandably Dave has taken his loss very badly and he hasn't the heart to continue gigging and with regret he has decided to retire from the music business,' he said.

Mr Collings even speculated whether the cause of her death had anything to do with the fact she followed him to concerts in smoke-filled venues all around the country.

He said: 'I've never spoken to Dave about it, but in the early days she used to go to all the gigs so, over the years, I think there was an effect.'

Non-smoker Roy Castle famously developed cancer from playing the trumpet in smoky jazz clubs.

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