Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has died aged 55 following a heart attack, his record label says.
The Welsh New Romantic icon – best known for the hit Fade To Grey – died in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Record label boss Marc Green said his “family, band members and friends are all distraught at his untimely death”.
Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon tweeted Strange, whose real name was Steven Harrington, was “the leading edge of New Romantic. God Bless him”.
Fellow 1980s pop star Billy Idol tweeted: “Very sad to hear of my friend Steve Strange passing, RIP mate.”
