British singer Steve Strange, who popularised the so-called New Romantic fashion and music movement of the early1980s, has died.

He left home in Wales after seeing a Sex Pistols concert and by the time he was 17 was firmly embedded in the London scene centred around personalities like Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood.

He fronted the electro group Visage, whose biggest hit was Fade To Grey.

Later he was addicted to heroin and had mental health problems.

He was in psychiatric homes, and received a suspended prison sentence for shoplifting a Teletubby.

Steve Strange was plagued by ill health and died on holiday in Egypt from heart failure aged 55.