 Pete Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the dance/pop band Dead or Alive, best known for their number one single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" in 1985.After he claimed in the house that his coat was made of gorilla skin, police removed the coat from the house, without his knowledge or consent, for testing.Ownership of products made from gorilla is illegal in the United Kingdom without a licence.