Singer Black died from head injuries after crash on icy road, inquest hears

The singer-songwriter Colin Vearncombe, who had a huge hit in the 1980s with Wonderful Life, suffered fatal head injuries after losing control of his car on an icy road and crashing into another car near Cork Airport, an inquest today heard.

A jury at Cork City Coroner's Court returned a verdict of accidental death after hearing details of the accident near Cork Airport on January 10 last, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.