Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has died aged 55 following a heart attack. The Welsh New Romantic icon – best known for the hit Fade To Grey – died in hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Ex-Visage band mates Midge Ure and Rusty Egan said they were devastated to hear of his untimely passing adding that Steve was a major face of the 80s.
Boy George tweeted he was heartbroken about the death of Strange, saying he was such a big part of my life.
Duran Duran front man Simon Le Bon tweeted that Strange was the leading edge of New Romantic and ask God to Bless the decease.
Fellow 1980s pop star Billy Idol tweeted: “Very sad to hear of my friend Steve Strange passing, RIP mate.
Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp dedicated the band’s performance in Italy to “a maverick to the end”to strange’s momroy, while his brother and the band’s bassist, Martin Kemp, tweeted: “RIP Steve Strange goodbye my dear friend. I will miss you!” Strange, pictured with Boy George in 2001, was known as a New Romantic pioneer
Strange’s agent, Pete Bassett, said he would be remembered as a hard-working, very amusing and lovable individual who always was at the forefront of fashion trends.
until last year he was putting together a book of fashion styles based on the New Romantic movement and it comes as a great shock
He had suffered ill-health, including in December last year when he was admitted to Princess of Wales Hospital, in Bridgend, with a bronchial infection and an intestinal blockage.
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