My wife likes to listen to the radio in the kitchen when she cooks. Well, she doesn’t listen. The radio merely serves as background noise. Lately, she has kept the dial tuned to Retro Radio, a station that — yeah, you guessed it — focuses exclusively on oldies spanning the sixties to the nineties.
The other day, the station played “You Spin Me Right Round” by Dead or Alive. I hadn’t heard the tune for years, and my memories inevitably turned to the song’s video featuring the band’s flamboyant and openly gay lead singer. I found myself wondering what became of him when the band’s flash-in-the-pan success quickly cooled and faded.
Here’s how I remembered the chap.
The other day, the station played “You Spin Me Right Round” by Dead or Alive. I hadn’t heard the tune for years, and my memories inevitably turned to the song’s video featuring the band’s flamboyant and openly gay lead singer. I found myself wondering what became of him when the band’s flash-in-the-pan success quickly cooled and faded.
Here’s how I remembered the chap.
And this is what became of him.
The information I read claimed he became addicted to cosmetic surgery. Some cite that addiction, replete with many subsequent botched jobs and complications, as the real cause of his death from cardiac arrest in 2016.
I had been ignorant of all of that. I kind of wish I still was.
Thanks, Retro Radio!
I had been ignorant of all of that. I kind of wish I still was.
Thanks, Retro Radio!
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