Gerry Marsden Cross the Mersey". In 1993, Marsden published his autobiography, "I'll Never Walk Alone", co-written with former "Melody Maker" editor Ray Coleman. On 15 September 2003, Marsden had triple bypass heart surgery at Broad Green Hospital in Liverpool. He had a second heart operation in 2016, and announced his retirement in November 2018. Gerry Marsden Gerard Marsden MBE (born 24 September 1942) is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. Marsden was born at 8 Menzies Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, and his interest in music began at an early age.
Paul Marsden 2009, Marsden applied to rejoin the Labour Party but was provisionally blocked by the National Executive and is not presently a member of any political party. In September 2010, Marsden's war poem, "Eighty at Ligny" was used in l'exposition historique for the British World War I war cemetery in memory of the eighty British, Irish and Canadian soldiers who are buried in Ligny-sur-Canche. In 2010, Marsden returned to business consultancy, working as a consultant for a trade conference. In January 2011, it was reported that Marsden had commenced legal enquiries into allegations of hacking into his phone back in 2003.