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Welsh singer and songwriter Ian Watkins died after being stabbed in the neck at HM Prison Wakefield in England. Prison staff pronounced him dead at the scene, and police subsequently charged two men with his murder. Watkins was the lead singer of the rock band Lostprophets from 1997 to 2012. The band released five studio albums, four of which reached the UK album chart's Top 10. In December 2013, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to 13 sexual offences against children.