Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2016 Steve Bloom December 31, 2016 Tweet Pete Burns Band: Dead or Alive Position: singer Died: October 23, 2016 Cause of death: cardiac arrest Age: 57 Distinction: Co-wrote the band's No. 11 single, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)," in 1984 First<<3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11>>Last You May Also Like Willie Nelson and Ziggy Marley Receive 2017 Grammy Awards Drugs Played a Role in Prince's Death Marijuana Smuggler Howard Marks Succumbs to Cancer Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2015 Steve Bloom Publisher of CelebStoner.com, former editor of High Times and Freedom Leaf and co-author of Pot Culture and Reefer Movie Madness. Read more by Steve Bloom