Ranking Roger, longtime frontman of British ska punk band the Beat (billed as the English Beat in North America), has died. Roger passed away at home surrounded by family members, according to the Beat’s Facebook post. “Roger’s family would like to thank everyone for their constant support during this tough time. More to follow in the coming days,” the statement reads. In a video from January, Roger opened up his health complications, including brain tumors and lung cancer. It’s unclear what the cause of death is at this time.

Ranking Roger was born Roger Charlery in 1963. After a brief stint playing drums in the Dum Dum Boys, he became a founding member of the Beat, joining the group as a teenager. As one of the band’s lead vocalists and their primary toaster, Roger performed and recorded on all of the Beat’s studio albums before their breakup in 1983. Following the group’s dissolution, he formed General Public with bandmate Dave Wakeling, releasing three albums.

Roger and Wakeling had a falling out after the end of General Public, and each staged their own separate revivals of the Beat in the 21st century. Wakeling formed the English Beat starring Dave Wakeling, and Roger performed in the Beat featuring Ranking Roger. (Though the two groups continued to work separately, the two singers put their differences aside and reunited for a performance before Roger’s death.)

Bounce, the first record from any configuration of the Beat with Ranking Roger to be released in three decades, arrived in 2016. In January 2019, the band released a follow-up, Public Confidential.