Steve Strange, Visage lead singer, dies aged 55

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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. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31449838)

"Fade to Grey" was a particular favourite of mine at the time. RIP, such a young age.
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  • big brother 9big brother 9 Posts: 18,152
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    I remember seeing him on the celeb hairdressing show, he didn't look great then


    Sad.

    Rip
  • DangerBrotherDangerBrother Posts: 1,623
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    Was kind of the Guru of The New Romantics I believe (?) Ran The Camden Palace in the glory years etc, or at least was "a main face".
  • stoatiestoatie Posts: 78,106
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    Yeah, that's really sad. Love Visage.
  • TardisSteveTardisSteve Posts: 8,077
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    sad news, love the song Fade to Grey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI
  • Frankie_LittleFrankie_Little Posts: 9,271
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    How sad.He should have had another couple of decades.Love his music.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    sad news, love the song Fade to Grey

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI

    Thanks for that, great to hear it again.
  • Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    That's so sad, such an icon and defining figure for me.
  • Aarghawasp!Aarghawasp! Posts: 6,205
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    Sad news. :(
  • jojo01jojo01 Posts: 12,370
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    Oh bums, this is sad. I loved Fade to Grey and remember him well. I loved all that Nu Wave and New Romantic malarkey.
  • ChoccyCaroleChoccyCarole Posts: 8,867
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    very sad news
    he was a great character -and good fun
    He was also surprisingly talented on those celeb hairdresser shows
    :( R I P Steve Strange :(
  • swingalegswingaleg Posts: 102,979
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    I watched that celeb hairdressing show he was on.........he was pretty good on that, came over as a decent chap

    He was also famously one the 'strange' people in David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes video.......the scene where the bulldozer if accompanied by 3 or 4 clown types......
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,567
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    Showbiz forum is over there -
  • Jimmy ConnorsJimmy Connors Posts: 117,522
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    Sad news. RIP.
  • StrakerStraker Posts: 79,567
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    How sad.He should have had another couple of decades.

    People who consume an ocean of drugs and booze often peg out early. You only had to listen to him to know some permanent damage had been done imbibing in those heady 80s days.

    It's horribly ironic that this would happen just as he seemed to be having a career resurgence. Perhaps the touring and schedule he can't have been used to finally did him in?
  • jrajra Posts: 48,325
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    Straker wrote: »
    People who consume an ocean of drugs and booze often peg out early. You only had to listen to him to know some permanent damage had been done imbibing in those heady 80s days.

    It's horribly ironic that this would happen just as he seemed to be having a career resurgence. Perhaps the touring and schedule he can't have been used to finally did him in?

    Yes. It's not IMO any one drug in particular, but the combination of many drugs. The human body simply can't handle the stress on the system after prolonged use.

    Plenty of people that smoke a lot of normal cigarettes and drink heavily do live to a good age, but both together adds to the risk, plus hard drugs and pills etc., adds even more to the risk. It's just too much to cope with.

    RIP Steve.
  • franciefrancie Posts: 31,089
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    Straker wrote: »
    People who consume an ocean of drugs and booze often peg out early. You only had to listen to him to know some permanent damage had been done imbibing in those heady 80s days.

    It's horribly ironic that this would happen just as he seemed to be having a career resurgence. Perhaps the touring and schedule he can't have been used to finally did him in?

    Apparently he had other health problems (although reported as not life threatening) so perhaps a combination of everything was just too much.
  • silvertiarasilvertiara Posts: 1,071
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    Oh that makes me really sad. He did the celebrity hairdressing thing and came across so well. Loved visage.
  • silentNatesilentNate Posts: 84,079
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    A good bloke and a modern legend. He will be sadly missed. :(
  • grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,685
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    RIP :( I was too young at the time but know Fade to Grey, I dont know why but think the title sounds fitting for Fifty Shades of Grey for some reason :(
  • Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    Showbiz forum is over there -

    YAAAWN!^_^
  • RadiomaniacRadiomaniac Posts: 43,510
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    Showbiz forum is over there -

    Go to it then.



    R.I.P. Steve.
  • pope_tartpope_tart Posts: 3,801
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    How sad :(

    He really represented the time when the young were fabulous and experimental in dress and music....not the boring, bland, X factor clones and generic rappers that dominate today.

    RIP :(
  • norbitonitenorbitonite Posts: 8,659
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    When I was a student, I worked in the main bar of a West End theatre. We had many celebs come in to see the show and most expected to be treated like royalty, with the manager fawning around them and complimentary drinks brought to them. The two notable exceptions to this were Paul Daniels (with the lovely Debbie) and Steve Strange. He in particular was happy to get and pay for his own drink and stayed and had a long chat with me. Genuinely nice man. His lipstick took ages to clean off the glass, though!

    RIP, Steve.
  • ValentineValentine Posts: 3,841
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    Showbiz forum is over there -

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    pope_tart wrote: »
    How sad :(

    He really represented the time when the young were fabulous and experimental in dress and music....not the boring, bland, X factor clones and generic rappers that dominate today.

    RIP :(

    Didn't he just! I absolutely adored him and had a huge poster of him on my wall - I was 16 and the movement brought me out of myself and gave me the confidence I was so badly lacking in to experiment with clothes. It was such an exciting time and he was such a vibrant, original and imaginative, gorgeous man. Very, very sad news.
  • pope_tartpope_tart Posts: 3,801
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    Valentine wrote: »
    - I was 16 and the movement brought me out of myself and gave me the confidence I was so badly lacking in to experiment with clothes. .

    me too :) I remember how going to jumble sales suddenly became cool...a long queue of pensioners interspersed with a few weirdos dripping in diamante and satin looking for fabulous items that would put them at severe risk of being beat up in small nightclubs in small towns by the small minded.
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