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The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. | The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead. |
The body of saxophonist Jason Rae, 31, was found in a flat in Leeds on Saturday, said West Yorkshire Police. | The body of saxophonist Jason Rae, 31, was found in a flat in Leeds on Saturday, said West Yorkshire Police. |
A police spokesman said officers arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs. He has since been released on police bail. | A police spokesman said officers arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs. He has since been released on police bail. |
A post mortem examination was carried out on the body but the results were inconclusive and police said they were awaiting toxicology reports. | A post mortem examination was carried out on the body but the results were inconclusive and police said they were awaiting toxicology reports. |
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said officers were called to a flat in the Hyde Park area of the city on Saturday afternoon where they found the body of a 31-year-old man. | |
"As a result of inquiries a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs," the spokesman said. | "As a result of inquiries a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs," the spokesman said. |
"He has now been released on police bail pending further inquiries." | "He has now been released on police bail pending further inquiries." |
'Funk extravaganza' | |
Jason Rae, a saxophonist in the band The Haggis Horns, had been due to play a gig at the HiFi Club in Leeds on Sunday night. | |
The club confirmed that the gig had been cancelled. | |
The Haggis Horns are described on their MySpace page as "an eight-piece live funk extravaganza." | |
The group had previously performed and recorded with Bailey Rae as well as Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson. | |
They released their debut album last September. | |
Number one | |
Leeds-born Bailey Rae, 29, met her husband when she worked as a cloakroom attendant in a Leeds jazz club when she was a student in the city. | |
The pair married in 2001 when she was 22. | |
Bailey Rae was last month recognised at the Grammy awards for her contribution to the record that won the album of the year, Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters. | |
She achieved fame with her self-titled debut album which went to number one in the UK charts and sold more than a million copies in the US. | She achieved fame with her self-titled debut album which went to number one in the UK charts and sold more than a million copies in the US. |
The singer-songwriter was named best newcomer in the Mojo and Q Awards and picked up two Mobos. | The singer-songwriter was named best newcomer in the Mojo and Q Awards and picked up two Mobos. |
According to reports, she recently spent a week working on her new album at Warren House Farm studio near Scarborough in north Yorkshire. | According to reports, she recently spent a week working on her new album at Warren House Farm studio near Scarborough in north Yorkshire. |