“Dead or Alive”singer Pete Burns is dead – t-online.de

“Dead or Alive”singer Pete Burns is surprisingly succumbed on Sunday to a heart attack. The his Manager, Steve Coy announced on Twitter.

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“it is With great sadness that we must announce the tragic news that our beloved Pete Burns of Dead or Alive died yesterday very suddenly of a massive heart attack,” wrote Coy, belonged for years to the cast of Dead or Alive. “His family and friends are devastated.”

world success with “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”

was Founded Dead or Alive in 1978 as Nightmares in Wax, in 1980 the name was changed. In 1984 the first Album “Sophisticated Boom Boom” was released. The great success came with the follow-up album “youthquake” (1985), and the advance single “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”, which in England rose to number one on the Charts. In Germany, the Hit song reached the second place.

this success was released, the Band never more. Pete Burns but remained, nevertheless, by his extravagant way, and the many plastic surgery in the conversation. He also appeared in various Reality formats. Among other things, he moved in 2006 in the British “celebrity Big Brother”-Container.