Jason Herbert (18 March 1967 – January 2019) was an English singer-songwriter who was a member of the boy band Big Fun from 1989 to 1990. Also known as Jason John, he was the manager of former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, at Global Talent (2003–04). He also produced songs for Lee Ryan. He later moved to

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and put together the boyband P9 in

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. Their first album was released in July 2013.

Life and career

Herbert was born on 18 March 1967, in

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. He said in an interview, he decided to quit the boyband Big Fun to run a nightclub in New York in the early 1990s. He died in

in January 2019, at the age of 51.GRO Index: HERBERT, JOHN JOSEPH b. 1967 Reference: DOR Q2/2019 in WESTMINSTER (258-1A) Entry Number 518870346
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1967 births 2019 deaths Big Fun (band) members English male singer-songwriters English LGBT singers English LGBT songwriters Musicians from Coventry {{UK-musician-stub