Malcolm McLaren died April 8 at age 64 in Switzerland from cancer. McLaren is known for managing The Sex Pistols in the 70s and for running the clothing store with Vivienne Westwood (who it turns out he had a kid with in 1967). McLaren also managed the New York glam punk band New York Dolls.
Ever a busy man, after his managing gig McLaren started releasing his own music and had some hits in the UK including "Double Dutch," and "Madame Butterfly."
It appears rapper entreprenur extrodenaire P Diddy stated in an NME article that "music lost an icon today" after hearing about McLaren's passing. It is beyond cool that P Diddy knew who one of the most prolific rock n roll managers was. The fact that he does shows that he is a serious business man that has studied the greats.
The aritical continues with journalist and frontman of Goldblade John Robb saying that "Malcolm gave us sex, style and subversion and helped save my generation from boredom turning pop culture from monochrome to intense full colour." That pretty much sums up who McLaren was.
You can check out more quotes about McLaren at NME's website here.
The world will never have another McLaren. He was a spirtied, ruthless business man with an eye for dangerous raw talent and will be missed by many in the music world.
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