Pete Burns dies aged 57

Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns has died aged 57 after suffering a cardiac arrest, his management has said.

A statement on Twitter said it was with "greatest sadness" that it had to break the news that Burns died suddenly on Sunday.

Burns had a hit with You Spin Me Round in 1985 and appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006.

The management statement said: "All of his family and friends are devastated by the loss of our special star."

It continued: "He was a true visionary, a beautiful talented soul, and he will be missed by all who loved and appreciated everything he was and all of the wonderful memories he has left us with."

'Great true eccentric'
Burns appeared on reality television shows Celebrity Wife Swap and The Body Shocking Show in recent years.


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I only saw him once live about six or seven years ago. He was part of an evening celebrating Eric's Club (along with Julian Cope) at the Academy in Liverpool. It was a loooong wait for him to appear - there were rumours circulating of back stage tantrums - and it was well past 9:00 when he appeared. He did his set to music supplied from an MP3 player and introduced his final song as "And this is the one that got me out of Liverpool"!

RIP Pete.

PaulR said:

I only saw him once live about six or seven years ago. He was part of an evening celebrating Eric's Club (along with Julian Cope) at the Academy in Liverpool. It was a loooong wait for him to appear - there were rumours circulating of back stage tantrums - and it was well past 9:00 when he appeared. He did his set to music supplied from an MP3 player and introduced his final song as "And this is the one that got me out of Liverpool"!

RIP Pete.

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Now there's a name you don't hear much these days.

Cope was even later to appear - he finally came on stage when the headline act would normally be wrapping up. I was actually concerned that I would miss the last train back to Birkenhead. Fortunately I met up with some long time friends who had a car and was able to cadge a lift back. Just as well as it was gone midnight by then.

I am sorry to say IMHO Pete looked grotesque last time I saw him on TV he had implants in his cheeks and filler in his lips

It's no wonder that his heart gave out with all the abuse he gave his body. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some silicone had leaked into his blood stream.

Probably a cheap PIP job. Cannot say I knew his stuff, or liked it, but 57 is young these days, RIP