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TexasTowelie

(111,304 posts)
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 09:28 PM Oct 2016

Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns dies at 57

Pete Burns, the singer behind the dark new wave band Dead or Alive, has died of cardiac arrest, according to a statement released by his family and management. He was 57.

Burns rose to prominence with the 1980s pop hit "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” and became a staple of '80s pop fashion. His androgynous approach to clothing and outsized fashion statements helped influence Boy George and a generation of gender-flexible pop acts.

Born in Cheshire, England, to a turbulent home life, Burns turned to pop music at a young age, starting his first band while working at a Liverpool record store before founding Dead or Alive.

He later returned to the spotlight as a contestant on “Celebrity Big Brother,” and released his last single, “Never Marry an Icon” in 2010. He married partner Michael Simpson after divorcing his wife, Lynn Corlett, in 2006.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-pete-burns-dead-or-alive-20161024-snap-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1gp4

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Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns dies at 57 (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
RIP DarthDem Oct 2016 #1
very sad. I still love that music joeybee12 Oct 2016 #2
I'll be listening to it with my headphones tonight. TexasTowelie Oct 2016 #3
Daily Mail has more info LeftInTX Oct 2016 #4
Went to ryan_cats Oct 2016 #5
Find a brand new luvaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... SMC22307 Oct 2016 #6
Such a fun, grand tune.... Tikki Oct 2016 #7
Nooooo! AwakeAtLast Oct 2016 #8
Dark? progressoid Oct 2016 #9
This is the one I liked: blogslut Oct 2016 #10
many a time I danced to his music Javaman Oct 2016 #11
Sad. Straw Man Oct 2016 #12
Ohhhh Nooooooooo!!!!! I love him! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #13
Peace, Pete. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #14
Oh that's sad REP Oct 2016 #15

LeftInTX

(24,554 posts)
4. Daily Mail has more info
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 10:29 PM
Oct 2016

I love that song You Spin Me Round....catchy and fun

I always feel very bad for people who have excessive plastic surgeries performed. My heart goes out to them.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3868030/Singer-Pete-Burns-dies-heart-attack-aged-57.html

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)
5. Went to
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 10:39 PM
Oct 2016

Went to meatspin (purely for research purposes) and the original is gone but the mirrors live on. Nothing about the death of Pete Burns sadly enough.

Current count 10,000 and climbing!

Sad that he was driven to so many surgeries and fifty seven is way too young.

SMC22307

(8,088 posts)
6. Find a brand new luvaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...
Mon Oct 24, 2016, 10:39 PM
Oct 2016

Damn, so sad. I had some really good times to Dead & Alive. RIP, Mr. Burns.

Straw Man

(6,613 posts)
12. Sad.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 12:24 PM
Oct 2016

But I wouldn't call Dead or Alive's music "dark." No darker than, say, The Pet Shop Boys. When you say "dark New Wave," I think of The Cult.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
13. Ohhhh Nooooooooo!!!!! I love him!
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 03:41 PM
Oct 2016

Ohhhhh, I'm so sorry!!!! And sad.
So brave, to be so unique. So sad that he had to suffer so for it, creating yourself as an ongoing work of art.

REP

(21,691 posts)
15. Oh that's sad
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 07:53 PM
Oct 2016

His music is still so much fun.

His right to do to his face whatever he wanted, but it's a pity he didn't realize how lovely his natural face was.

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