But on Friday, waiting for a slice of yellow, chocolate-frosted cake adorned with the cursive words "Happy 108th Birthday Algy," her nickname since grade school, seemed like an impossible task.

Sadly, Algy Ward, who was in The Damned from 1979-1980 has passed away. Ward played bass on the seminal Machine Gun Etiquette album. After the Damned, he formed tank, who were part of the NWOBH ...