As per The Independent:
Howe passed away Wednesday (May 6) at his home in Florida after suffering cardiac arrest. He had a history of heart issues, having previously had a heart attack in 2017.
The singer was reportedly involved in a road traffic accident in Florida at the end of April, in which he suffered broken ribs.
Just six days before his death, he updated a fan who asked about his recovery after the accident.
Asked how he was feeling, Brian wrote on Facebook: “Horrible. Broken ribs are NO fun.”
He was also behind the majority of song’s on the group’s most successful record, Holy Water, which was released in 1990.
Howe was born in Portsmouth, England in 1953. His career began after becoming a member of heavy metal band White Spirit before eventually finding his way to Bad Company thanks to Mick Jones, a founding member of Foreigner.
Howe was in the group with former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke, the former drummer of Free, and songwriter Terry Thomas.
He eventually left in 1994, stating that the decision was “not difficult”.
“It had got to the point where nobody was contributing anything to songwriting and quite frankly, the band was getting very very sloppy live,” he said in an interview, adding: “I quite simply, along with Terry Thomas, got tired of doing all the work and then getting nothing but resentment for it from Mick and Simon.”
