Singer Pete Burns has died aged 57, his manager has confirmed.

Axar.az reports that, his manager said:

'It is with the greatest sadness that we have to break the tragic news that our beloved Pete Burns of (Dead Or Alive) died suddenly yesterday of a massive cardiac arrest.'

Burns, from Wirral, Merseyside, founded band Dead or Alive in 1980 but went on to feature in several reality television shows in later life.

In the statement, his manager added: 'All of his family and friends are devastated by the loss of our special star.

'He was a true visionary, a beautiful talented soul, and he will be missed by all who loved and appreciated everything he was and all of the wonderful memories that he has left us with.

'We have no more words, we will make a further statement when we have had a chance to come to terms with our devastating loss.

'He will live forever in our memories.'

Earlier this year Burns admitted he has endured more 300 procedures to fix botched surgery on his face, which left him depressed and fighting for his life.

The star - who likened himself to Frankenstein's monster - vowed to never stop going under the knife in the pursuit for physical perfection. He declared:

'The number of surgeries I’ve has is probably 300. I hope when I’m 80 and I get to heaven God doesn’t recognise me.'

Burns said his obsession with changing his face started more than two decades ago at the time of his chart success with You Spin Me Round.

'I realised I was going to be a visual entity and that I had to look good', he said.

'I had a broken nose. In the punk days somebody head butted me in Liverpool and it went over to one side.'