UB40 saxophonist Brian Travers died penniless after cancer battle

The saxophonist and songwriter of chart-topping reggae group UB40 died penniless, MailOnline can reveal.

UB40 were the most commercially successful reggae band of all time, selling more than 100million records over a glittering three-decade career.

But in 2011 four of the original line-up were declared bankrupt following a bitter split from frontman Ali Campbell over the band's finances.

They went on to be chased through the courts for unpaid debts and in 2015 were involved in a £250,000 fight over rights to the group's name.

Now probate documents have revealed Brian Travers' estate had a net value of £0 when he died in 2021 after a 'long and heroic' cancer battle. It had a gross value of £1,346, and was only released in May this year.