Carlos Marin of Il Divo dies following battle with coronavirus

The surviving members of the chart-topping quartet introduced his dying in a Twitter put up on Sunday.

Within the on-line tribute, tenors David Miller, Sébastien Izambard and Urs Bühler remembered the baritone as a “lovely soul.”

“It’s with heavy hearts that we’re letting you realize that our good friend and companion, Carlos Marin, has handed away,” the assertion learn.

“He might be missed by his mates, household and followers. There wiIl by no means be one other voice or spirit like Carlos.”

“For 17 years the 4 of us have been on this unimaginable journey of Il Divo collectively, and we are going to miss our pricey good friend. We hope and pray that his lovely soul will relaxation in peace.”

Marín who was vaccinated had been performing with the band within the UK in December earlier than their tour was postponed “on account of sickness.”

The vocalist’s dying comes days after the group confirmed on Twitter he had been hospitalized.

Marín, who was born in Germany however raised in Madrid, was one of many founding members of Il Divo — that means “divine male performer” in Italian — which was created by Simon Cowell in 2003 underneath his SyCo file label.