MALCOLM MCLAREN IS DEAD

the original BUFFALO GUY is RIP.
Malcolm mclaren, former manager of THE NEW YORK DOLLS, creator of the SEX PISTOLS, punk rock, ex-lover/partner to VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, opened the first punk rock/fetish shop called SEX, creator of the BUFFALO GIRLS, discovered BOW-WOW-WOW, inspired the NEW ROMANTIC look, and numerous other trends has left the building.

according to the new york times- his companion of many years, Young Kim, confirmed that Mr. McLaren died on Thursday, and said he died of mesothelioma at a hospital in Switzerland.

In the 1970s, Mr. McLaren returned to his native London from New York, where he had briefly managed the New York Dolls in the waning days of that band’s initial flush of fame. With his business partner and girlfriend at the time, Vivienne Westwood, they renamed their clothing shop Sex, and Mr. McLaren set about putting together his own rock act of untested British youth, which became the Sex Pistols.

McLaren's British agent, Les Molloy, said he had been suffering from cancer for some time but could not give a cause of death. He said McLaren died in New York but could not provide details. READ MORE-