Tributes paid to Dead Or Alive singer Pete Burns, who has died aged 57


Photo: Paul Bachmann

Photo: Paul Bachmann




Tributes are being paid to former Dead Or Alive singer Pete Burns, whose death was confirmed yesterday.

“All of his family and friends are devastated by the loss of our special star,” a statement from his management said. “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.”

Burns broke out of the early eighties Merseyside scene with the huge hit single You Spin Me Round in 1985, and more recently found a new audience in the UK through appearances on reality programmes such as Celebrity Big Brother.

His co-star on that show, Ordinary Boys frontman Preston, has remembered Burns as a ‘true punk rocker’, while Boy George said he was ‘one of our great true eccentrics’.


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