'Dead or Alive' Singer Pete Burns Has Died Aged 57

Singer and TV personality Pete Burns has died at the age of 57.

The Dead or Alive frontman was famous for creating their hit song 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' as well as becoming a presence on reality TV after appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006.

Burns on Celebrity Big Brother. Credit: Channel 5

In a Facebook post, a friend of Burns' called Kyle spoke on behalf of his family: 'It was the greatest sadness that we have to break the tragic news that our beloved Pete Burns of Dead or Alive died suddenly yesterday of a cardiac arrest.'

The larger details are not yet known.

Here is 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)', one of Burns's best-known hits.

Main image credit and video credit: Vevo

Josh Teal

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