Steve Strange, Visage lead singer, dies aged 55
Courtesy of http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31449838
Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has
died aged 55 following a heart attack, his record label says.
Strange, whose real name was Steven Harrington, died in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
The Welsh pop singer - whose best known hit with Visage was Fade To Grey - died in his sleep of heart failure.
Marc Green, August Day Recordings label manager, said his "family, band members and friends are all distraught at this sudden news of his untimely death.
Strange, a New Romantic pioneer, was born in Newbridge, Monmouthshire, and got involved in music after seeing the Sex Pistols in concert in 1976.
He went to London aged 15 to work for Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McClaren before setting up the Blitz Club in Soho, central London, which would become a focal point for the New Romantic movement.
Bands including Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Culture Club all got their start at the club before finding stardom.
MESSAGE FROM HIS SISTER
Tanya Harrington 3 mins · Nottage · Just to let people know that my brother Steve Strange has sadly passed away this morning at 11.15 of a heart attack . Please can you all respect our wishes as I will not be replying to any messages on here for a while , need some time to come to terms with what has happened , I am devastated as you can all imagine , thank you for all your kind thoughts xx
