PETE Burns is dead at the age of 57.

The Dead Or Alive singer passed away on Sunday after suffering a "massive cardiac arrest".

Channel 5 have recently aired the singer's final TV interview before he passed away earlier this year.

21 Pete Burns is dead at the age of 57 Credit: Rex Features

A statement from the Celebrity Big Brother star's management team said: “It is with the greatest sadness that we have to break the tragic news that out beloved Pete Burns of (Dead or Alive), died suddenly yesterday of a massive cardiac arrest.

“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 the has left is with.

21 The Dead or Alive singer suffered a "massive cardiac arrest" Credit: Splash News

21 The troubled star passed away on Sunday Credit: Rex Features

“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.

“Sending you all our love. Lynne, Michael, Steve.(sic)”

21 Pete was the singer in Dead or Alive whose hit You Spin Me Round topped the charts Credit: Rex Features

The star was supposed to appear on Loose Women on Monday but insiders told The Sun Online he wasn't available.

OMG!!!! @PeteBurnsICON is due to be on @loosewomen in half an hour!!! Only caught this by chance!!! pic.twitter.com/f1jzHJ5Hin — Chris Morgan (@ModeOfPhrygian) October 24, 2016

Friends and fans of the singer - who had a hit with You Spin Me Round - have flooded social media with their tributes to Pete.

Boy George, Sinitta and Rylan Clark-Neal were among the names of those who expressed their condolences, as well as several of his housemates from his time on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006.

Rylan wrote: "Absolutely gutted. Such an honour to spin right round with you. Sleep well Pete xxx"

George Galloway, who became an unlikely alliance for Pete during their time on the show, also reached out and wrote: "Sad to hear of the demise of Pete Burns. He was a cross between Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. You don't get more brilliant than that. RIP"

21 Pete, pictured here with ex husband Michael Simpson, burst back into the spotlight on Celebrity Big Brother Credit: PA:Press Association

21 Pete's death has come as a huge shock to many Credit: PA:Press Association

21 Pete pictured with ex husband Michael Simpson in 2010 Credit: Getty Images - FilmMagic

21 Pete with ex-wife Lynne Corlett who he left for Simpson following an affair Credit: Redferns

Pete became a Celebrity Big Brother icon when he walked into the Elstree compound in 2006.

In just a few short weeks, he developed a legacy that would see him return to give his one-of-a-kind commentary on Big Brother's Little Brother, and later Big Brother's Bit on the Side.

During the show, Pete announced he would take his showmanship beyond the grave as he told the housemates: "I actually hope that when I'm dead somebody stuffs me and puts me in their living room."

RIP @PeteBurnsICON that's such sad news 💔 — Francesca Essex (@FrankieEssex) October 24, 2016

Very sad to hear the news that Pete Burns has passed away. He was always a gent and hilarious to speak with. A legend. pic.twitter.com/AV7qok5ioE — Darren Scott (@darren_scott) October 24, 2016

The singer was last on our screens when he appeared on Celebrity Botched Up Bodies last month.

Pete, who said he has “lost count” of the number of times he has gone under the knife, shared his story on the Channel 5 show.

He said: “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.”

But a number of fans of the star tweeted their hope that he would now stop having plastic surgery after everything he has been through.

One wrote: “Pete please stop now. #celebritybotchedupbodies” while another added: “Love #peteburns but what has he done to himself #botchedupbodies”.

21 Can surgery really make Pete Burns happy? Credit: Channel 5

21 The star underwent a startling transformation during his years in the spotlight Credit: Channel 5

He says his obsession with changing his looks began over 20 years ago when his hit You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) was storming up the charts.

Pete continued: “I realised I was going to be a visual entity and that I had to look good.

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

21 Pete admitted he went on a downward spiral after his hit You Spin Me Right Now topped the charts Credit: Xposure

“When you’re young, self-conscious and standing in front of a camera and the photographers are whispering, ‘Can we turn his head to the left?’ you think, ‘I’ll do something about it’.”

Pete forked out £750 to get his nose fixed but when he woke up from surgery he knew something was terribly wrong.

21 Pete is still going under the knife and has acid peels Credit: Channel 5

He said: “I woke up covered in blood. There was so much blood it was unbelievable.

“There were tubes up my nose. He’d removed most of my nose and there was just two nostrils and a little bit of bone in the middle. I nearly fainted.”

Pete was due to appear on Top Of The Pops with his band and decided to put an eye patch on to hide the side of his nose that was bad.

21 Pete at the height of his music career Credit: Alamy

He later booked in for reconstructive surgery – the first of many, many corrective treatments.

He admitted: “The amount of surgeries I’ve had are absolutely minimal compared to the reconstructive surgeries I’ve had. Probably 300.”

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When Dead Or Alive failed to produce another single, Pete found solace on the operating table.

He underwent four nose jobs, two sets of cheekbone implants and lip augmentations, which turned out to be the “nightmare” of his life.

Desperate for a bigger pout he booked in for lip fillers with the “lip king of London”, however during a gig with the Scissor Sisters he felt a “burning sensation” in his lower lip.

21 Pete Burns has spent thousands on plastic surgery

Pete’s flaming lips were filling with fluid and he had to return to the surgeon to get them drained.

He said: “He held me down on the operating table and punched two syringes in.

“At least a pint and a half of yellow steaming fluid was vomited out of the lip.”

Pete’s lips continued to inflate and he was forced to drain them.

Worse still, the permanent filler that was injected into his lips began migrating all over his face.

21 The scenes from Channel 5's Celebrity Botched Up Bodies Credit: Channel 5

21 Pete revealed: “I’ve had a major operation a week for two years to remove it from my cheeks where it had migrated, my Adam’s apple, the back of my eyes." Credit: Twitter

He added: “I started to develop holes in my skin and if I so much as touched my face there would be an audible hissing and out onto the mirror would vomit this yellow fluid.”

The infection was spreading all over his body and Pete’s lips were at risk of amputation.

He sued the surgeon and received £450k after settling out of court and used the money to have the filler removed.

Pete revealed: “I’ve had a major operation a week for two years to remove it from my cheeks where it had migrated, my Adam’s apple, the back of my eyes…

“They couldn’t do anything about the liver and the kidneys. I had to excrete that out.”

After 200 reconstructive surgeries on his lips to remove all the frightening filler, the surgeon could finally begin reviving Pete’s lifeless lips.

Pete explained: “I had a piece taken out of my stomach to make a lower lip and then a piece taken out of my stomach to make an upper lip shape.

“I was clinically depressed. Two years is a long time out of your life.”

21 He famously claimed nature had played a trick on him by giving him a d*** Credit: Rex Features

21 His turn on Celebrity Big Brother brought the 80s pop star a raft of new fans Credit: Splash News

21 His outspoken turn on the reality show drew outrage and admiration in equal measure Credit: Splash News

21 With his band mates in Dead Or Alive in the 1980s Credit: Alamy

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